Silent Installation

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The following settings can be made for PowerGUI in silent installs:

Setting PowerGUI installation folder

You can specify an installation folder in msiexec command line this way: 

 msiexec /quiet /i C:\PowerGUI.1.6.1.639.msi PF_POWERGUI=c:\PowerGUIInstallFolder


Selecting the features to install

You can also specify the list of features to be installed using standard Windows Installer properties like ADDLOCAL, REMOVE, etc. (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367536(VS.85).aspx). 

 msiexec /quiet /i C:\PowerGUI.x.x.x.xxx.msi ADDLOCAL=PowerGUI,PowerShellEditor,PowerGUI_Local PF_POWERGUI=c:\PowerGUIInstallFolder

The features include the components themselves as well as default PowerPacks.

Here is the list of existing PowerGUI features: 

PowerGUI                    - The root feature
  PowerGUI_Locale           - GUI localizations
  PowerShellEditor          - PowerGUI Script Editor and Debugger
     PGEditorAssoc          - Associate PowerShell scripts with PowerGUI Script Editor
  PowerPacks                - Add-ons for PowerGUI Admin Console (PowerPacks)
     PowerGUI_ARS           - Active Directory PowerPack
     PowerGUI_WMI           - Network PowerPack
     PowerGUI_Exch          - Exchange 2007 PowerPack
     PowerGUI_Local         - Local System PowerPack
     Export_Actions         - Common reporting and export actions

The default loading behavior is to detect any snapins (i.e. Active Directory) and if found, install the PowerPack for that snapin. If no snapins are detected - Local System and Network PowerPacks are installed. This default behavior can be changed with the ADDLOCAL and REMOVE parameters.

Adding non-default PowerPacks

You can also make PowerGUI automatically install PowerPacks which are not included in the setup. For example any of the packs from PowerGUI Library or custom packs created by you.

For this you need to:

1. Create 'Additional PowerPacks' subfolder in the folder containing the PowerGUI msi file.

2. Put the PowerPack files you want to be installed in that new folder.

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