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andre.silva-wdg
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Display error message at prompt with silent install

Tue Jun 08, 2021 3:10 pm

I created an installer type .exe and I'm using a command prompt to be able to perform the installation silently, passing some input parameters.
I would like to know if it is possible to display any error message in the command prompt when I am performing a silent installation?

Thanks in advance!
Catalin
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Re: Display error message at prompt with silent install

Tue Jun 08, 2021 4:36 pm

Hello Andre,

I'm afraid that might not be possible, or at least as far as I'm aware.

The closes thing to this would be using the %errorlevel% variable (e.g. in a batch file launch the msi and then echo the %errorlevel% variable).

This should display the return code of the process.

More information about the return codes could be found here:

MsiExec.exe and InstMsi.exe Error Messages (for Developers)

Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Catalin
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LucasCarneiro
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Re: Display error message at prompt with silent install

Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:35 pm

Hello folks,

Any news on this case?
I'm having the same difficulty. I need to be able to show error messages directly at the prompt when doing a silent install.

Thanks in advance!
Catalin
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Re: Display error message at prompt with silent install

Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:44 pm

Hey Lucas,

Please see my answer above.

That would be the only solution that comes close to what you need that I'm aware of.

Hope it helps!

Best regards,
Catalin
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