Reference: Setup.exe commands

Setup.exe Command Line Parameters

Special Installation Modes
* /a : Administrative installation
* /j : Advertise mode
* /x : Uninstall mode
* /uninst : Uninstall product (InstallScript MSI projects only)

Silent Installations
* /p : Specify password
* /r : Record mode (InstallScript MSI projects only)
* /s : Silent mode
* /f1 : Specify alternative response file name (InstallScript MSI projects only)
* /f2 : Specify alternative log file name (InstallScript MSI projects only)

SMS Data
* /m : Generate MIF file (InstallScript MSI projects only)
* /m1 : Specify serial number in MIF file (InstallScript MSI projects only)
* /m2 : Specify locale string in MIF file (InstallScript MSI projects only)

Download and Cache Locations
* /ua : Specify URL for InstMsiA.exe
* /uw : Specify URL for InstMsiW.exe
* /us : Specify URL to ISScript.msi
* /um : Specify URL to .msi package
* /b : Cache installation locally

Passing Data to the Installation
* /v : Pass arguments to Msiexec
* /z : Pass arguments to CMDLINE variable

Debugging
* /d : Debug InstallScript (InstallScript MSI projects only)
* /verbose : Generate verbose InstallScript engine log file (InstallScript MSI projects only)

Miscellaneous
* /f : Specify alternative compiled script (InstallScript MSI projects only)
* /h : Clone release to a temporary location and run from that location
* /L : Setup language
* /w : Wait
* /SMS : Wait (InstallScript MSI projects only)

Special Installation Modes
*/a : Administrative installation
*/j : Advertise mode
*/x : Uninstall mode
*/uninst : Uninstall product (InstallScript MSI projects only)

Silent Installations
*/p : Specify password
*/r : Record mode (InstallScript MSI projects only)

In order to run an InstallScript MSI project installation program in silent mode, one must first run Setup.exe with the /r switch to generate a response file, which stores information about the data entered and options selected by the user at run time. Running an InstallScript MSI installation program with the command Setup.exe /r displays all the run-time dialog boxes, and stores the data in a file called Setup.iss, created inside the system's Windows folder. To specify an alternative response file name and location, use the /f1 argument, described below. Basic MSI projects do not create or use a response file for silent installations.

*/s : Silent mode - For an InstallScript MSI project, the command Setup.exe /s runs the installation in silent mode, by default based on the responses contained in a response file called Setup.iss in the same directory (response files are created by running Setup.exe with the /r option). To specify an alternative file name or location of the response file, use the /f1 option, described below.

The command Setup.exe /s also suppresses the Setup.exe initialization window for a Basic MSI installation program, but does not read a response file. To run a Basic MSI product silently, run the command line Setup.exe /s /v/qn. (To specify the values of public properties for a silent Basic MSI installation, you can use a command such as Setup.exe /s /v"/qn INSTALLDIR=D:\Destination".)

*/f1 : Specify alternative response file name (InstallScript MSI projects only) - Using the /f1 argument allows one to specify where the response file is (or where it should be created) and what its name is, as in Setup.exe /s /f1"C:\Temp\Setup.iss". The /f1 switch is available both when creating a response file (with the /r option) and when using a response file (with the /s option).

*/f2 : Specify alternative log file name (InstallScript MSI projects only) - When running an InstallScript MSI project installation program in silent mode (using the /s argument), the log file Setup.log is by default created in the same directory as the response file. The /f2 argument allows one to specify an alternative log file location and file name, as in Setup.exe /s /f2"C:\Setup.log".

SMS Data
*/m : Generate MIF file (InstallScript MSI projects only) - The /m switch causes Setup.exe to generate an SMS Management Information Format (MIF) file. A typical command is Setup.exe */m"SampleApp". (Including the “.mif” file extension is not necessary.)
/m1 : Specify serial number in MIF file (InstallScript MSI projects only) - Using the /m1 parameter (along with /m) enables you to specify a serial number to be written to the MIF file. A typical command is Setup.exe /m"SampleApp" /m1"1234-5678".
*/m2 : Specify locale string in MIF file (InstallScript MSI projects only) - Using the /m2 parameter (along with /m) enables you to specify a locale string to be written to the MIF file. A typical command is Setup.exe /m"SampleApp" /m2"ENU".
*/b : Cache installation locally - In the Release Wizard, for a Downloader build, you can specify whether to cache the contents of a compressed package on the local system. With the /b argument, the user can specify the directory in which to cache the installation files, as in Setup.exe /b"C:\CacheDirectory".

Passing Data to the Installation
*/v : pass arguments to Msiexec - The /v argument is used to pass command line switches and values of public properties through to Msiexec.exe.
*/z : Pass arguments to CMDLINE variable - The /z argument is used to pass data to the InstallScript system variable CMDLINE, as in Setup.exe /z"My Custom Data", after which the variable CMDLINE would contain the string "My Custom Data".
*/verbose : Generate verbose InstallScript engine log file (InstallScript MSI projects only)
For an InstallScript MSI project installation program, you can create a verbose InstallScript-engine-installation log file using the /verbose argument followed by the path to the log file you want to create. A typical command is Setup.exe /verbose"C:\IS.log". The log file generated can help you troubleshoot errors in installing the InstallScript engine on a target system. The /verbose option requires a full path to the log file, and not a relative path.