Problems with VoloView silent install

[liftedaxis]

I can't get VoloView Express 2 to install "silently," as the readme and several posts on here have indicated is possible.

According to the readme, it's like this:
vve2setup.exe -a /* -l*v %TEMP%\VVEInstall.log -i voloviewexpress.msi /qb INSTALLDIR="c:\Program Files\Volo View Express" ACAD_SILENT_LICENSE=YES

According to people who said that doesn't work, it's like this:
vve2setup.exe /* /l*v %TEMP%\VVEInstall.log /i voloviewexpress.msi /qb INSTALLDIR="c:\Program Files\Volo View Express" ACAD_SILENT_LICENSE=YES

yet in either case, it's hardly silent, it just runs the normal installation. A little help?

--Jeremiah

[Jimmy Bergmark]

Try this instead:
msiexec.exe /I voloviewexpress.msi /qb! INSTALLDIR=""c:\Program Files\Volo
View Express"" ACAD_SILENT_LICENSE=YES

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"liftedaxis" <nos...@address.withheld> wrote in message
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[liftedaxis]

yeah, i was trying to get it to work from just the executable, hopefully not having to extract anything.
in the case anyone out there is searching this newsgroup for the answer: you'll need to use WinRAR or similar to extract the voloviewexpress.msi and associated .cab files into a folder somewhere. then just fire:
msiexec /i voloviewexpress.msi /liwe voloinstall.log /qb INSTALLDIR="c:\program files\volo view" ACAD_SILENT_LICENSE=YES

which actually does work.

--Jeremiah

[liftedaxis]

er, and further on that. you don't need *all* of those switches, such as logging and such. see here for an explanation of msiexec switches:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/msiexec.mspx

--J