Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15 - Manual (Page 16)

Unattended installation
To run an administrative installation silently, you can set the public property TARGETDIR on the command
line to specify the extract location.
• For installation target directory paths that do not contain spaces, you can:
– use the command line, for example:
setup.exe /a /s /v"/qn TARGETDIR=F:\TVTRR"
– use the msiexec.exe application, for example:
msiexec.exe /a "Lenovo Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn TARGERDIR=F:\TVTRR
• For installation target directory paths that contain spaces, you can
– use the command line, for example:
setup.exe /a /s /v"/qn TARGETDIR=\"F:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery\""
Note: An escape character '/' must be placed preceding the double-quoted target directory.
– use the msiexec.exe application, for example:
msiexec.exe /a "Lenovo Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn TARGERDIR=\"F:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery\"
Note: If you use an earlier version of Windows Installer, the setup.exe file is configured to update the
Windows Installer engine to version 3.0. This update will cause the installation action to prompt for a reboot
even with an administrative extract installation. If the Windows Installer is version 3.0 or later, setup.exe will
not attempt to install.
Once an administrative installation has been completed, the administrative user can make customizations
to the source files, such as adding settings to the registry. To install from the unpacked source after
customizations are made, the user calls the msiexec.exe application from the command line, passing the
name of the unpacked MSI file.
Using the msiexec.exe application
The msiexec.exe application is the executable program of the Windows Installer used to interpret installation
packages and install products on target systems. To install from the unpacked source after making
customization, the user calls the msiexec.exe executable program from the command line, passing the
name of the unpacked MSI file.
msiexec /i "C:\WindowsFolder\Profiles\UserName\
Personal\MySetups\project name\product configuration\release name\
DiskImages\Disk1\product name.msi"
Note: Enter the preceding command as a single line with no spaces following the forward slashes (\).
For information on command line parameters and public properties, go to the Microsoft Web site at:
http://www.microsoft.com
Installation log files
The log file rrinstall423.log (for Windows XP operating systems) or rrinstall423v.log (for Windows Vista
operating systems) is created in the %temp% directory if the setup is launched by the setup.exe file
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