How to install MSI with next option using powershell

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I am new to power shell, I want to install .msi for this we are using below command,
Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList 'C:\Users\abc.xuz\Downloads\Firefox Setup 14.0.1.msi'

However this is giving me an error. Along with this it should automatically accept next button.

Even I tried this also
Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '"C:\Users\abc.xuz\Downloads\Firefox Setup 14.0.1.msi"', '/i', '/q'

Please help me for the same.

What I have tried:

Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList 'C:\Users\abc.xuz\Downloads\Firefox Setup 14.0.1.msi'

Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '"C:\Users\abc.xuz\Downloads\Firefox Setup 14.0.1.msi"', '/i', '/q'

Posted 12-Mar-20 1:42am

pady1002

Updated 15-Mar-20 23:50pm

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Richard Deeming 12-Mar-20 8:11am

If you want someone to help you fix an error, then you need to tell us what the error is.

pady1002 16-Mar-20 2:19am

It only pop up a msg of Windows Install with all default values like Windows ® Installer. V 5.0.18362.1

msiexec /Option <required parameter=""> [Optional Parameter]

Install Options

pady1002 13-Mar-20 6:18am

It only pop up a msg of Windows Install with all default values like Windows ® Installer. V 5.0.18362.1

msiexec /Option <required parameter=""> [Optional Parameter]

Install Options

ZurdoDev 13-Mar-20 9:59am

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Richard Deeming · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-15T23:51:00

Solution 1

Looking at the documentation[^], the ArgumentList needs to be a single string.

You also need to put the /i before the package name:
Command-Line Options - Win32 apps | Microsoft Docs[^]

PowerShell

Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '/i "C:\Users\abc.xuz\Downloads\Firefox Setup 14.0.1.msi" /q'

Posted 15-Mar-20 23:51pm

Richard Deeming

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pady1002 16-Mar-20 7:10am

I tired above code, command gets executed , however fire fox does not get installed. I am using windows 10 and below is powershell version
Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
5 1 18362 628

Richard Deeming 16-Mar-20 14:58pm

Try logging the output from the MSI file to see if there is any useful information:

Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '/i "C:\Users\abc.xuz\Downloads\Firefox Setup 14.0.1.msi" /q /le "C:\Users\abc.xuz\Downloads\Firefox.log"'

NB: You're attempting to install an extremely old version of Firefox, which is no longer supported and has a lot of critical security vulnerabilities. You should be using either the latest version (74.0) or the latest ESR version (68.6).
Download the Firefox Browser in English (US) and more than 90 other languages[^]

pady1002 18-Mar-20 2:29am

Thanks reachard.
However if the same we want to do for any .exe file, how can we achieve it.
Please hel me for the same...

Richard Deeming 18-Mar-20 5:39am

You pass the exe file as the first argument to Start-Process, and the relevant arguments in the -ArgumentList.

I can't tell you what those arguments are, because they will be different for every application.