Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15 - Manual (Page 17)

(double-click the main installation package and then run the main executable without parameters, or extract
the MSI package and run the setup.exe file). This file contains log messages that can be used to debug
installation problems. This log file will not be created by any actions performed from the Add or Remove
Programs applet or running the setup.exe file from the MSI package. To create a log file for all MSI actions,
you can enable the logging policy in the registry. To do this, create the following value:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer]
"Logging"="voicewarmup"
The following table shows examples of installation using the setup.exe file.
Table 1.
Description Example
Perform silent installation with no reboot.
setup.exe /s /v"/qn REBOOT="R""
Perform administrative installation.
setup.exe /a
Perform silent administrative installation by specifying the
extract location for the Rescue and Recovery program.
setup.exe /a /s /v"/qn TARGETDIR="F:
\TVTRR""
Perform silent uninstall.
setup.exe /s /x /v/qn
Perform installation with no reboot. Create an installation
log in the temp directory for the Rescue and Recovery
program.
setup.exe /v"REBOOT="R" /L*v %temp%
\rrinstall423.log"
Note: For Windows XP operating systems, the log file is
named as rrinstall423.log. For Windows Vista operating
systems, the log file is named as rrinstall423v.log.
Perform installation without installing the Predesktop Area.
setup.exe /vPDA=0
The following table shows examples of installation using the Rescue and Recovery.msi file:
Table 2.
Description Example
Perform installation. msiexec /i "C:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery.msi"
Perform silent installation with no reboot. msiexec /i "C:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn
REBOOT="R"
Perform silent unintall. msiexec /x "C:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn
Perform installation without installing the Predesktop Area. msiexec /i "C:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery.msi" PDA=0
Installation components
The Rescue and Recovery installation consists of several components. Those components can be
downloaded from the Large Enterprise individual language files Web page. To access the Web page, go to
Chapter 2 . Installation 9