Standard windows installer public properties – Lenovo ThinkVantage Client Security Solution 8.3 User Manual

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Table 3. Command line parameters (continued)

Parameter

Description

You can separate multiple transforms with a semicolon. Do not use semicolons
in the name of your transform, as the Windows Installer service will interpret
those incorrectly.

Properties

All public properties can be set or modified from the command line. Public
properties are distinguished from private properties and are all capital letters.
For example, COMPANYNAME is a public property.

To set a property from the command line, use the following syntax:
PROPERTY=VALUE

If you wanted to change the value of COMPANYNAME, you would enter the
following:
msiexec /i "C:\WindowsFolder\
Profiles\UserName\Personal\
MySetups\Your Project Name\
Trial Version\My Release-1\
DiskImages\Disk1\ProductName.msi"
COMPANYNAME="InstallShield"

Standard Windows Installer public properties

The Windows Installer has a set of standard built in public properties that can be set on the command
line to specify certain behavior during the installation. The following table provides most common public
properties used in the command line.

For additional information, refer to the Microsoft Web site at:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367437.aspx

The following table shows the commonly used Windows Installer properties:

Table 4. Windows Installer properties

Property

Description

TARGETDIR

Specifies the root destination directory for the installation.
During an administrative installation this property is the
location to copy the installation package.

ARPAUTHORIZEDCDFPREFIX

URL of the update channel for the application.

ARPCOMMENTS

Provides Comments for the Add or Remove Programs
on Control Panel.

ARPCONTACT

Provides Contact for the Add or Remove Programs on
Control Panel.

ARPINSTALLLOCATION

Fully qualified path to the application's primary folder.

ARPNOMODIFY

Disables functionality that would modify the product.

ARPNOREMOVE

Disables functionality that would remove the product.

ARPNOREPAIR

Disables the Repair button in the Programs wizard.

ARPPRODUCTICON

Specifies the primary icon for the installation package.

ARPREADME

Provides a ReadMe for the Add or Remove Programs on
Control Panel.

ARPSIZE

Estimated size of the application in kilobytes.

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