In addition to installing through the Graphical User
Interface, it is possible to install from the command line. In
particular, you can specify all installations options from the
command line. This type of installation is particularly
practical for network deployments, as the command can be
launched without an operator in front of the computer.
Available Options
Option
Usage
/SP-
Disables the This will install... Do you wish to
continue? prompt at the beginning of Setup.
/SILENT
Prevents the apparition of the background
windows
/VERYSILENT
In addition to /SILENT, don't ask for 'Reboot now'
question (restart automatically unless /NORESTART is
used)
/SUPPRESSMSGBOXES
Ignored unless /SILENT or /VERYSILENT is used.
The default response in situations where there's a
choice is:
-Yes in a 'Keep newer file?' situation.
-No in a 'File exists, confirm overwrite.'
situation.
-Abort in Abort/Retry situations.
-Cancel in Retry/Cancel situations.
-Yes (=continue) in a
DiskSpaceWarning/DirExists/DirDoesntExist/NoUninstallWarning/ExitSetupMessage/ConfirmUninstall
situation.
-Yes (=restart) in a
FinishedRestartMessage/UninstalledAndNeedsRestart
situation.
5 message boxes are not suppressible:
-The About Setup message box.
-The Exit Setup? message box.
-The FileNotInDir2 message box displayed when Setup
requires a new disk to be inserted and the disk was not
found.
-Any (error) message box displayed before Setup (or
Uninstall) could read the command line
parameters.
-Any message box displayed by [Code] support function
MsgBox.
/NORESTART
Instructs Setup not to reboot even if it's
necessary.
/RESTARTEXITCODE=[exit code]
Used in combination with /NORESTART, the Setup will
return this code if a restart would be necessary
/LANG=[language]
Instructs Setup to use this language
/NOICONS
Instructs Setup to initially check the Don't create
any icons check box on the Select Start Menu Folder
wizard page.
/DIR="x:\dirname"
Asks installation in the given directory
/MERGETASKS="!removedtask,addedtask"
Ellié Computing Merge has currently these
optional components:
desktopicon
quicklaunchicon
ShellExtension
You can specify whether forcing their installation
by specifying them as in:
/MERGETASKS="desktopicon,shellextension" or specify
that they are not installed by using e.g.:
/MERGETASKS="!quicklaunchicon".
/LOADINF="path"
Instructs Setup to load the settings from the
specified file after having checked the command line.
This file can be prepared using the '/SAVEINF=' command
as explained below.
/SAVEINF="path"
Instructs Setup to save installation settings to the
specified file.
Note: the installer used
for this version of Ellié Computing Merge is Inno Setup.
You can refer Inno Setup help if you need more information.
Also, the above table content is copyrighted from Inno
Setup copyright owners, and was somewhat modified to match
Ellié Computing Merge installation purposes.
Sample 1
Installing the full Ellié Computing Merge, in the
default directory can be done this way:
Note: the installer used
for this version of Ellié Computing Merge is Inno Setup.
You can refer Inno Setup help if you need more information.
Also, the above table content is copyrighted from Inno
Setup copyright owners, and was somewhat modified to match
Ellié Computing Merge installation purposes.