How do I force the Windows MSI installer to perform a complete install?
Solution 1
UPDATE June 2018: Although the tool shown below is no longer available for download, I found it via Wayback machine. I assume it is OK and legal to link to it, seeing as the tool was freeware. Updated links below.
UPDATE: This tool from Wise is regrettably not downloadable anymore. I am not sure if it is OK to distribute it either. It seemed to be a free tool distributed as part of their main Wise Package Studio suite, but I don't think it is open source. I wish they would release it as an open source tool.
The Wise packaging products have been discontinued due to a number of legal issues.
On a related note. To deal with the ridiculously complex command line for msiexec.exe you can use this free msi command line builder tool from Wise: http://www2.wise.com/filelib/WICLB.exe (resurrected from Wayback machine).
Please run the download by virustotal.com for safety.
It allows you to build a command line interactively:
Solution 2
Try adding ADDLOCAL=ALL to the overall msiexec.exe command. Something like:
C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /I "D:\winzip112.msi" /QN ADDLOCAL=ALL
More details: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367536(v=vs.85).aspx
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Updated on September 17, 2022Comments
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Ben Collier over 1 year
I have a Windows MSI installer package which gives me the choice to do a Typical, Custom or Complete install using the GUI.
The default (typical) install only installs some components.
How to I tell it to do a complete install from the command line using the
/passiveswitch?The installer version is:
5.0.7600. -
Admin over 11 yearsthat link says "Do not enter ADDLOCAL=ALL into the Property Table, because this generates a locally installed package that cannot be correctly removed" -
kinokijuf over 11 years@rik that means do not insert it into the MSI file. Properties passed on the commandline don’t go in the property table.
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Lee Harrison over 11 yearsIf you are going to downvote, please give an explaination as to why. I use InstEd to open MSIs all the time when the standard switches don't work as expected.
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Stein Åsmul over 10 years@user193452: yes, don't set ADDLOCAL in the Property table, set it on the command line for msiexec.exe. Very different operations.
