Install software and pass arguments

[tri_94]

Hi there

 

I'm trying to create script to install some software. The software supports the CMDLINE=DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR=

 

$strInstallerFile = C:\Installer\Software.msi

$path = "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)} + \Software"

#$params = '/i ', '$strInstallerFile',' INSTALL_DIR="$path"', "/qn"

Start-Process msiexec.exe -ArgumentList $params -Wait

 

$start = Start-Process msiexec.exe '/i $strInstaller CMDLINE=DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR="path" /qn'

 

 

 

Can any help or spot what im doing wrong?

 

 

Thanks

[Arthur]

$strInstallerFile = C:\Installer\Software.msi
$path = "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)} + \Software"
$params = '/i ', [color="#FF0000"]'[/color]$strInstallerFile[color="#FF0000"]'[/color],[color="#FF0000"]'[/color] INSTALL_DIR="$path"[color="#FF0000"]'[/color], "/qn"
Start-Process msiexec.exe -ArgumentList $params -Wait

$start = Start-Process msiexec.exe [color="#FF0000"]'[/color]/i $strInstaller CMDLINE=DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR="path" /qn[color="#FF0000"]'[/color]

 

Can any help or spot what I'm doing wrong?

There are single quotes around some of your variables (I have highlighted these in red above). This forces PowerShell to treat them as strings.

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_quoting_rules?view=powershell-6

 

Here are a couple of different ways of scripting it too.

 

$Args = '{0} "{1}" {2}"{3}" {4}' -f '/i', "C:\Installer\Software.msi", 'CMDLINE=DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR=', "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Software", '/qn'

Start-Process -FilePath "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList $Args -Wait

 

or

 

$Installer = @{
   FilePath = 'msiexec.exe'
   ArgumentList = @(
       '/i',
       'C:\Installer\Software.msi',
       "CMDLINE=DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR=`"${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Software`"",
       '/qn'
   )
   Wait = $True
}
Start-Process @Installer

Edited April 3, 2019 by Arthur

[tri_94]

Thank you I’ll have a look