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Reputation: 733

Converting msiexec command from cmd to powershell

In my powershell script, I need to run couple of msiexec commands quietly. The problem is when I try to run the command, the Windows Installer help popup shows rather than executing the command. (Below Image)

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The same command runs well in cmd. Below is my command. I have kept the & in the command in double quotes to consider it as a string as suggested. 

& msiexec /log c:\msxml.log /quiet /I "&" D:\LoadGeneratorsetup\prerequisites\msxml6\msxml6_x64.msi

I tried using Start-Process -FilePath to run this but end up with the below error.

Start-Process : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'c:\msxml.log'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Start-Process -FilePath msiexec /log c:\msxml.log /quiet /I "&" D:\Lo ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Start-Process], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand

Can someone provide an details on how to execute the command quietly using powershell.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2831

Answers (2)

Stein Åsmul
Stein Åsmul

Reputation: 42126

I want to alert you to the Windows Installer PowerShell Module on github.com. Scroll down on this front page for description and some samples, see releases tab for download. I haven't really tested it much, but it is from Heath Stewart - Microsoft Senior Software Engineer (github).

Brief, inline sample:

install-msiproduct .\example.msi -destination (join-path $env:ProgramFiles Example)

Some Additional Links:

Upvotes: 0

Owain Esau
Owain Esau

Reputation: 1922

For your second command:

& msiexec /i "& D:\LoadGeneratorsetup\HP_LoadGenerator.msi" /qb /l*vx "& D:\LoadGeneratorsetup\Logs\InstallationLogs"+"_"+(Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd-hh-mm-s")+".txt"

You have two options, either set the log path to a variable or just bracket the path:

1 - Set to variable

$logfile = "D:\LoadGeneratorsetup\Logs\InstallationLogs" + "_" + (Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd-hh-mm-s") + ".txt"
msiexec /i "D:\LoadGeneratorsetup\HP_LoadGenerator.msi" /qb /l*vx $logfile

2 - Bracket the path

msiexec /i "D:\LoadGeneratorsetup\HP_LoadGenerator.msi" /qb /l*vx ("D:\LoadGeneratorsetup\Logs\InstallationLogs" + "_" + (Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd-hh-mm-s") + ".txt")

I am assuming that the command is just not evaluating the log path before running the command.

Upvotes: 1

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