Question
What are the MSI installation parameters that can be used
with MSI installer of 8x8 Work?
Applies To
Answer
Open Command
Prompt or PowerShell.
Navigate
to the MSI installer folder by using "cd" command.
Once
inside the folder, paste the MSI installer filename (including the
file extension .msi, example: work_X.X.X-X_XX-bit.msi)
followed by any of the following parameters:
msiexec /Option <Required Parameter> [Optional
Parameter]
Install Options
</package |
/i> <Product.msi>
Installs or
configures a product
Administrative
install - Installs a product on the network
/j<u|m>
<Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>] [/g <Language ID>]
Advertises a
product - m to all users, u to current user
</uninstall |
/x> <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Uninstalls the
product
Display Options
/quiet
Quiet mode, no
user interaction
/passive
Unattended
mode - progress bar only
/q[n|b|r|f]
Sets user
interface level
n - No UI
b - Basic UI
r - Reduced UI
f - Full UI
(default)
/help
Help
information
Restart Options
/norestart
Do not restart
after the installation is complete
/promptrestart
Prompts the
user for restart if necessary
/forcerestart
Always restart
the computer after installation
Logging Options
/l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] <LogFile>
i - Status
messages
w - Nonfatal
warnings
e - All error
messages
a - Start up
of actions
r -
Action-specific records
u - User
requests
c - Initial UI
parameters
m -
Out-of-memory or fatal exit information
o -
Out-of-disk-space messages
p - Terminal
properties
v - Verbose
output
x - Extra
debugging information
+ - Append to
existing log file
! - Flush each
line to the log
* - Log all
information, except for v and x options
/log
<LogFile>
Equivalent of
/l* <LogFile>
Update Options
/update
<Update1.msp>[;Update2.msp]
Applies
update(s)
/uninstall
<PatchCodeGuid>[;Update2.msp] /package <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Remove
update(s) for a product
Repair Options
/f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Repairs a
product
p - only if
file is missing
o - if file is
missing or an older version is installed (default)
e - if file is
missing or an equal or older version is installed
d - if file is
missing or a different version is installed
c - if file is
missing or checksum does not match the calculated value
a - forces all
files to be reinstalled
u - all
required user-specific registry entries (default)
m - all
required computer-specific registry entries (default)
s - all
existing shortcuts (default)
v - runs from
source and recaches local package
Setting Public Properties
[PROPERTY=PropertyValue]
Consult the Windows ® Installer SDK for additional
documentation on the
command line syntax.
Example
msiexec.exe /i "C:\work_7.0.5-3_64-bit" /qn
Additional Information