Installing ArcView silently

ArcView can be installed without a user interface by running the setup using Windows Installer command line parameters.

Requirements

Windows Installer version 2.0 must be installed and running on your machine prior to running the ArcView setup silently. The Windows installer, instmsiw.exe, can be installed from the ArcGIS Desktop Installation CD.
ALL PREVIOUS VERSIONS MUST BE UNINSTALLED before you proceed with the silent installation. The previous version checking is done through the UI only.

If the user installing ArcView does not have administrative permissions on the target machine, the following minimum requirements must also be met.

Jet 4.0 Service Pack 5
MDAC 2.5

Tip

If these minimum requirements are not present and the user installing has administrative privileges, the setup will update these components automatically. If the user installing is not an administrative account, the silent setup will fail.
The windows installer requires the System Account have full control to the system drive during installation.

ArcView required command line parameters.

The following are the command line switches to execute the ArcView MSI directly. Use these with the MSI direct commands as required.

Parameter	Value	Case Sensitive	Required	Description
INSTALLDIR			No	ArcView installation location. If not specificied, the installation location is Program Files\ArcGIS
INSTALLDIR1			No	Python and Win32 extension installation location. If these features are required and this value not specified, the default location is C:\Python21

How to perform a typical installation of ArcView silently

Run this command from the command line to install ArcView.

Msiexec /I <setup location>\setup.msi /qb

Additional command line parameters available:

InstallDir=<installation directory> can be used to specify an installation location. The default location is C:\Program Files\ArcGIS, if no InstallDir parameter is given.

For example:

Msiexec /I \\machinename\ArcGIS\setup.msi /qb InstallDir=C:\ArcGIS91

How to perform a complete installation of ArcView silently

Run this command from the command line to install a complete ArcView Single Use installation:

Msiexec /I <setup location>\setup.msi /qb ADDLOCAL=ALL

Additional command line parameter available:

InstallDir=<installation directory> if you do not want to install to the default location of C:\Program Files\ArcGIS

For example:

Msiexec /I <setup location>\setup.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL InstallDir=C:\ArcGIS91 /qb

How to perform a custom installation of ArcView silently

Run this command from the command line to perform a custom ArcView installation:

Msiexec /I <setup location>\setup.msi /qb ADDLOCAL=<feature1>,<feature2>,....

Specify installation features as follows:

ADDLOCAL feature (each feature name must be specified, you can not use ADDLOCAL=Applications to install all Application subfeatures)

Applications

ArcMap

ArcCatalog

ArcReader

Miscellaneous features

TabletPC_Support

.NET_Support

Python

Extensions

Ext_3D_Analyst

NetworkAnalyst

DataInterop

ArcScan

GeoStatisticalAnalyst

Maplex

ArcMap_Publishing_Extension

SpatialAnalyst

Schematics

Survey_Analyst

TrackingAnalyst

Styles and Templates

ArcInfoTemplates

Civic_Business

Civic_CADD_GIS_Center

Civic_CADD_GIS_Center_SDS200

Civic_Civic

Civic_CrimeAnalysis

Civic_Dimension

Civic_Hazmat

Civic_Ordnance_Survey

Civic_PublicSigns

Civic_RealEstate

Civic_Survey

Civic_Transportation

Civic_Utilities

Civic_Water_WasteWater

Natural_Caves

Natural_Conservation

Natural_Environmental

Natural_Forestry

Natural_Geology24K

Natural_Mining

Natural_Petroleum

Natural_Petroleum_UK

Natural_SoilEuro

Natural_Weather

TemplateConservationLandscape

TemplateLandscapeClassic

TemplateLandscapeModernInset

TemplateGeneral

TemplateIndustry

TemplateLandscapeModern

TemplateLetterLandscape

TemplateLetterPortrait

TemplateMilitaryPortrait

TemplatePortraitClassic

TemplatePortraitModern

TemplatePortraitModernInset

TemplateUSA

TemplateUtility

TemplateWorld

Tips

All dependencies and relevant files will also be installed with the specified feature.
Feature names are case sensitive.

How to perform an uninstallation of ArcView silently

Run this command from the command line to perform a silent removal of ArcView:

Msiexec /X {40F8FD5F-4701-48D6-A8FC-1F188007DF38} /qb