There are various optional command line parameters that can be used while installing Process Runner setup. These parameters are useful to system administrators. Below is a list of few command line parameters.
Command line parameters |
Description |
/SILENT |
Instructs Setup to be silent.When Setup is silent, the wizard and the background window are not displayed but the installation progress window is displayed.Everything else is normal,for example error messages during installation are displayed and the startup prompt is (if you haven't disabled it with DisableStartupPrompt or the '/SP-' command line option explained above). If a restart is necessary and the '/NORESTART' command isn't used (see below) and Setup is silent, it will display a Reboot now? message box. |
/VERYSILENT |
Instructs Setup to be very silent.When Setup is very silent the wizard, the background window and installation progress window are not displayed.Everything else is normal, for example error messages during installation are displayed and the startup prompt is (if you haven't disabled it with DisableStartupPrompt or the '/SP-' command line option explained above). If a restart is necessary and the '/NORESTART' command isn't used (see below) and Setup is very silent,it will reboot without asking. |
/SUPPRESSMSGBOXES |
Instructs Setup to suppress message boxes. Only has an effect when combined with '/SILENT' and '/VERYSILENT'. 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. |
/LOG |
Causes Setup to create a log file in the user's TEMP directory detailing file installation and [Run] actions taken during the installation process. This can be a helpful debugging aid. For example, if you suspect a file isn't being replaced when you believe it should be (or vice versa), the log file will tell you if the file was really skipped, and why. The log file is created with a unique name based on the current date. (It will not overwrite or append to existing files.) The information contained in the log file is technical in nature and therefore not intended to be understandable by end users. Nor is it designed to be machine-parseable; the format of the file is subject to change without notice. |
/LOG="filename" |
Same as /LOG, except it allows you to specify a fixed path/filename to use for the log file. If a file with the specified name already exists it will be overwritten. If the file cannot be created, Setup will abort with an error message. |
/NOCANCEL |
Prevents the user from cancelling during the installation process, by disabling the Cancel button and ignoring clicks on the close button. Useful along with '/SILENT' or '/VERYSILENT'. |
/NORESTART |
Prevents Setup from restarting the system following a successful installation, or after a Preparing to Install failure that requests a restart. Typically used along with /SILENT or /VERYSILENT |
/RESTARTEXITCODE=exit code |
Specifies a custom exit code that Setup is to return when the system needs to be restarted following a successful installation. (By default, 0 is returned in this case.) Typically used along with /NORESTART. |
/CLOSEAPPLICATIONS |
Instructs Setup to close applications using files that need to be updated by Setup if possible. |
/NOCLOSEAPPLICATIONS |
Prevents Setup from closing applications using files that need to be updated by Setup. If /CLOSEAPPLICATIONS was also used, this command line parameter is ignored. |
/RESTARTAPPLICATIONS |
Instructs Setup to restart applications if possible. If Setup didn't close these applications (for example because /NOCLOSEAPPLICATIONS was used), this command line parameter is ignored. |
/NORESTARTAPPLICATIONS |
Prevents Setup from restarting applications. If /RESTARTAPPLICATIONS was also used, this command line parameter is ignored. |
/DIR="x:\dirname" |
Overrides the default directory name displayed on the Select Destination Location wizard page. A fully qualified path name must be specified. May include an "expand:" prefix which instructs Setup to expand any constants in the name. For example: '/DIR=expand:{pf}\My Program'. |
/GROUP="folder name" |
Overrides the default folder name displayed on the Select Start Menu Folder wizard page. May include an "expand:" prefix, see '/DIR='. If the [Setup] section directive DisableProgramGroupPage was set to yes, this command line parameter is ignored. |
/NOICONS |
Instructs Setup to initially check the Don't create a Start Menu folder check box on the Select Start Menu Folder wizard page. |
/TYPE="typename" |
This parameter is used to override the default "type" of setup. There are two types of installation of Process Runner viz. Full Installation and Express Installation. Express Installation tends to skip the installation of local sample process files and offline video tutorials. •/TYPE=full: This parameter will lead to Full Installation of Process Runner. •/TYPE=exp: This parameter will lead to Express Installation of Process Runner. Note: If this parameter is not implemented, it will proceed for Full Installation which is the default type. |