What command line switches can I use with the MSI installation tool?

/i

[package]

Installs the specified product

/f

p|o|e|d|c|a|u|m|s|v

p - Reinstalls a product only when a file is missing. 

o - Reinstalls a product when a file is missing or an older version of a file is installed. 

e - Reinstalls a product when a file is missing or an equal or older version of a file is installed. 

d - Reinstalls a product when a file is missing or a different version of a file is installed. 

c - Reinstalls a product when a file is missing or the stored checksum value doesn't match the calculated value. 

a - Forces all files to be reinstalled. 

u - Rewrites all required user-specific registry entries. 

m - Rewrites all required computer-specific registry entries. 

s - Overwrites all existing shortcuts. 

v - Runs from the source file and recaches the local product.

/a

[package]

Installs a product on the network.

/x

[package]

Uninstalls a product.

/j

u|m [package]

Advertises a product (u is current user; m is all users).

/l

i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|p|v|+|![log file]

Specifies the log file and the options you can use.

i - Status messages 

w - Non-fatal warnings 

e - All error messages 

a - Action startups 

r - Action-specific records 

u - User requests 

c - Initial User Interface (UI) parameters 

m - Out-of-memory 

p - Terminal properties 

v - Verbose output 

+ - Appends to the existing file 

! - Clears each line in the log file 

* - Wildcard. Logs all information, but the use of the v option isn't included. To include the v option, type "/l*v." 

/p

[patch]

Applies a patch. To patch an installed Administrator image, you should also use the /a switch (i.e.,

). 

/q

n/b/r/f

Sets the user interface (UI) level.

n - No UI

b - Basic UI

r - Reduced UI

f - Full UI

/y

Calls system API DLLRegisterServer to register the module--e.g.,