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Hell Spell
Hell Spell

Reputation: 39

why cant vcredist_x86.exe installed quietly?

I need to install vcredist_x86.exe (Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package) quietly. I entered "vcredist_x86.exe /q" on cmd.exe. However, vcredist_x86 didn't install successfully. I used Task Manager to inspect what happened. I found out that a process named "msiexec.exe" keeps alive until you kill it.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 19227

Answers (2)

Slappy
Slappy

Reputation: 5472

VC++ 2005 is made with older version so arguments /q (/qb) or /passive /norestart will not work (mentioned here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2010/10/20/10078468.aspx).

For quiet mode use /Q switch, to get all parameters run vcredist_86.exe /?

Upvotes: 9

Martyn Lovell
Martyn Lovell

Reputation: 2266

To silently install the VC redist, merge the vc redist MSM into your own App's MSI and avoid the need to run a separate EXE at all.

Martyn

PS: Don't kill msiexec. You'll get your machine into a bad state.

Upvotes: 0

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