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 specify the properties for any options that are not the default values as shown
below.
msiexec /i "64-bit_admin_image_path\SWFileUtilities\SOLIDWORKS File
Utilities.msi" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\your_folder /qb
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
msiexec /i "admin_image_path\eDrawings\eDrawings.msi" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program
Files\your_folder"
SNLSERVER=eDrawings_SNL_server TRANSFORMS=1040.mst
ADDLOCAL=All /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.
SOLIDWORKS PCB
msiexec /i “admin_image_path\SOLIDWORKS PCB.msi” ACTIVSERIALNUMBER=”1234123412341234ABCDEFGH” INSTALLDIR=”C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS PCB” /qb
SOLIDWORKS Visualize and Visualize Boost
For SOLIDWORKS Visualize:
msiexec. /i “admin_image_path\SOLIDWORKS Visualize.msi” ACTIVSERIALNUMBER=”1234123412341234ABCDEFGH” INSTALLDIR=”C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS Visualize” /qb
For SOLIDWORKS Visualize Boost:
msiexec /i “admin_image_path\SOLIDWORKS Visualize Boost.msi” ACTVISERIALNUMBER=”1234123412341234ABCDEFGH” INSTALLDIR=”C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS Visualize Boost” /qb