Installing ESRI Defense Mapping Silently

You can install ESRI Defense Mapping without a user interface by running the msiexec command. ESRI Defense Mapping requires ESRI Production Mapping. You must install ESRI Production Mapping first.

Steps

1. Open a command prompt.
2. Enter the following command:
   msiexec /i <Path to installer> INSTALLDIR=<install directory> /<Method>

Note:

If you are installing on Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008, you must have elevated privileges.

Note:

You must install ESRI Production Mapping before you install ESRI Defense Mapping.

The following are explanations of the parameters in the command:

Parameter	Description
Path to installer	The path to the setup.msi file.
INSTALLDIR (optional)	An optional parameter that can be used to define a custom installation location. The default value is: Production Mapping—%System Drive%\Program Files\ESRIProductionMapping\Desktop10.0 Defense Mapping—%System Drive%\Program Files\ESRIDefenseMapping\Desktop10.0
Method	There are three different method switches you can use: /qb, which provides a basic UI with a progress bar and error handling /qr, which provides a reduced UI /qn, which provides no interface at all Note: Only one method can be used at a time.

The following is an example of a client installation where an administrative installation exists on a server (\\machinename):

msiexec /i \\machinename\Defense\Setup\setup.msi /qb