How to make better use of MSI files

Question

As you might know, msiexec is a command line application that you can use to install an MSI file. As you might know, you can run it in silent or invisible mode.

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Answer 1

Think of the user interface with MSI as optional. This means no answers should be required as the developer has sensible defaults in place so that things don't break.

We distribute our software in MSI format to corporate customers, I also provide them with documentation on the basics of Orca (orca.msi is distributed with the Windows Installer SDK) and how to customize certain fields we have listed in the Property table for their installation. Such as serial number, registration details and a few other settings.

In response to the original question about msiexec command line options just run MSIEXEC /? to set properties on the command line you would use something like

MSIEXEC /I test.msi SOMEPROPERTY="Some value" PROP2="something else"