(section 4).There is always: setup.exe /?. Here are some of them in a 'short-list'.(towards bottom).Setup.exe Extract: (various flavors to try) setup.exe /asetup.exe /s /extractallsetup.exe /s /extractall:pathsetup.exe /stageonlysetup.exe /extract 'C:My work'setup.exe /xsetup.exe /x pathsetup.exe /s /x /b'C:FolderInWhichMSIWillBeExtracted' /v'/qn'dark.exe -x outputfolder is a WiX binary - to extract a WiX setup.exe (as of now).
Quick List: There are a number of common types of setup.exe files. The /qn argument disables any GUI output of the installer. While doing that it should extract the MSI to a specific location (/b).The /v command passes arguments to Windows Installer, in this case the /qn argument. Sid - installshield 6/7 script decompilerv1.0 written by sn00peeintroduction-sid is designed to decompile installshield.inx scripts created withinstallshield 6 or 7.įor InstallShield MSI based projects I have found the following to work: setup.exe /s /x /b'C:FolderInWhichMSIWillBeExtracted' /v'/qn'This command will lead to an extracted MSI in a directory you can freely specify and a silently failed uninstall of the product.The command line basically tells the setup.exe to attempt to uninstall the product (/x) and do so silently (/s).
