Help with MSI 1639
Help with MSI (Microsoft Installer) error 1639: Invalid command line argument. Consult the Windows Installer SDK for detailed command-line help.
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/i [package]
Installs the specified product/f p,o,e,d,c,a,u,m,s,v
/a [package]
Installs a product on the network/x [package]
Uninstalls a product
/j u,m [package]
Advertises a product. u is current
user; m is all users/l i,w,e,a,r,u,c,m,p,v,+,![log file]
/p [patch]
Applies a patch. To patch an installed
Administrator image, you should also use the /a switch/q n,b,r,f
/y
Calls system API DLLRegisterServer to
register the module/z
Calls system API DLLRegisterServer to un-register a module
Note that some Windows Installer setup wrappers (called using a setup.exe) only accept a short commandline (up to 128 characters). Make not of this if you should encounter this error, if your path is too long, try a mapped drive or locating the source closer to the root of the share your are referencing.
Installs the specified product/f p,o,e,d,c,a,u,m,s,v
- p - Reinstalls a product only when a
file is missing - o - Reinstalls a product when a file is
missing or an older version of a file is installed - e - Reinstalls a product when a file is
missing or an equal or older version of a file is installed - d - Reinstalls a product when a file is
missing or a different version of a file is installed - c - Reinstalls a product when a file is
missing or the stored checksum value doesn't match the calculated value - a - Forces all files to be reinstalled
- u - Rewrites all required user-specific
registry entries - m - Rewrites all required
computer-specific registry entries - s - Overwrites all existing shortcuts
- v - Runs from the source file and re-caches
the local product
/a [package]
Installs a product on the network/x [package]
Uninstalls a product
/j u,m [package]
Advertises a product. u is current
user; m is all users/l i,w,e,a,r,u,c,m,p,v,+,![log file]
- i - Status messages
- w - Non-fatal warnings
- e - All error messages
- a - Action startups
- r - Action-specific records
- u - User requests
- c - Initial User Interface (UI)
parameters - m - Out-of-memory
- p - Terminal properties
- v - Verbose output
- + - Appends to the existing file
- ! - Clears each line in the log file
- * - Wildcard. Logs all information, but
the use of the v option isn't included. To include the v option, type
"/l*v"
/p [patch]
Applies a patch. To patch an installed
Administrator image, you should also use the /a switch/q n,b,r,f
- n - No UI
- b - Basic UI
- r - Reduced UI
- f - Full UI
/y
Calls system API DLLRegisterServer to
register the module/z
Calls system API DLLRegisterServer to un-register a module
Note that some Windows Installer setup wrappers (called using a setup.exe) only accept a short commandline (up to 128 characters). Make not of this if you should encounter this error, if your path is too long, try a mapped drive or locating the source closer to the root of the share your are referencing.
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