You can deploy installations from an administrative image using the command line.
To install silently:
- Open a Command Prompt window (in Windows, click .
- Type the msiexec.exe command with the /i and /qb switches and set the properties for any options that are not the default values as shown below.
Individual installation component command-line properties include:
Use the following examples as templates for silent installation.
SOLIDWORKS Client
- SOLIDWORKS core (English)
- Toolbox add-in
- Participation in the feedback program
- French language
SOLIDWORKS:
msiexec /i "64-bit_admin_image_path\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS.Msi" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\your_folder" SOLIDWORKSSERIALNUMBER="xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx" ENABLEPERFORMANCE=1 OFFICEOPTION=3 ADDLOCAL=SolidWorks, SolidWorksToolbox /qb
The SOLIDWORKS French language installation component must be installed separately:
msiexec /i "64-bit_admin_image_path\SOLIDWORKS French\french.msi" /qb
When specifying SOLIDWORKS language component installation commands, do not specify command-line arguments.
eDrawings Client
- Log performance
- All features
msiexec /i "admin_image_path\eDrawings\eDrawings.msi" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\your_folder" LOGPERFORMANCE=1 SNLSERVER=eDrawings_SNL_server TRANSFORMS=1040.mst ADDLOCAL=All /qb
SOLIDWORKS Explorer and Workgroup PDM add-in
- SOLIDWORKS Explorer with Workgroup PDM add-in
msiexec /i "admin_image_path\SOLIDWORKS Explorer\SOLIDWORKS Explorer.msi" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\your_folder" EXPLORERORPDM=1 ADDLOCAL=VaultAdmin,Client,Standalone,DocMgr,LicenseEXE ACTIVSERIALNUMBER="xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx" /qb
SOLIDWORKS Electrical
Due to the technical complexity of installing SOLIDWORKS Electrical with Microsoft SQL Server, command line examples for SOLIDWORKS Electrical are excluded from the documentation.