Batch script to install MSI

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I am trying to write a  bat for the first time   I am trying to install  msi using script  currently we are installing manually by double clicking on it   Path from  d  installed sw  folder  msi  Path to  D  program files app    folder means  it is different every time  as we are getting new msi to install which are provided in folder created by current date   Here is the script I am trying    echo off Title HOST  Installing Updates on  computername  echo  computername  set server   SERVERNAME or PATH msifolder  select cls echo Select one of the Following MSI Install Folders for installation task  echo  dir  server   A D  B SET  P MSI Please enter the MSI Folder to install   SET source  server   MSI  echo Selected Installation  MSI  echo  echo    verify ECHO Is This Correct  echo  echo  ECHO 0  ABORT INSTALL ECHO 1  YES ECHO 2  NO RE-SELECT SET  p choice Select YES  NO or ABORT   0 1 2        if  i   choice     0  endlocal amp goto end      if   choice       goto BCurrentlocal      if   choice     1  goto yes  if   choice     2  goto no  endlocal   no goto select  yes set FILENAME  MSI  call  source   FILENAME  msi echo beginning  MSI  installation pause echo Exiting Install Script     PING -n 4 127 0 0 1  gt nul exit   In line with set server I am adding the path to   SET  P MSI is for path from   However  it is not working   Can anyone guide me what mistake I am doing

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Although it might look out of topic nobody bothered to check the ERRORLEVEL. When I used your suggestions I tried to check for errors straight after the MSI installation. I made it fail on purpose and noticed that on the command line all works beautifully whilst in a batch file msiexec dosn't seem to set errors. Tried different things there like

Using start /wait
Using !ERRORLEVEL! variable instead of %ERRORLEVEL%
Using SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

Nothing works and what mostly annoys me it's the fact that it works in the command line.

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Here is the batch file which should work for you    echo off Title HOST  Installing updates on  computername  echo  computername  set Server   SERVERNAME or PATH msifolder   select cls echo Select one of the following MSI install folders for installation task  echo  dir   Server    AD  ON  B echo  set  P  MSI Please enter the MSI folder to install    set  Package  Server   MSI   MSI  msi   if not exist   Package        echo     echo The entered folder MSI file does not exist   typing mistake       echo     setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion    set  P  Retry Try again  Y N        if  I   Retry     Y  endlocal  amp  goto select    endlocal    goto  EOF    echo  echo Selected installation   MSI  echo  echo    verify echo Is This Correct  echo  echo  echo    0  ABORT INSTALL echo    1  YES echo    2  NO  RE-SELECT echo  set  p  choice Select YES  NO or ABORT   0 1 2     if   choice     0  goto  EOF if   choice     1  goto yes goto select   yes echo  echo Running  MSI  installation     start  Install MSI   wait   SystemRoot  system32 msiexec exe   i  quiet   Package     The characters listed on last page output on entering in a command prompt window either help cmd or cmd    have special meanings in batch files  Here are used parentheses and square brackets also in strings where those characters should be interpreted literally  Therefore it is necessary to either enclose the string in double quotes or escape those characters with character   as it can be seen in code above  otherwise command line interpreter exits batch execution because of a syntax error   And it is not possible to call a file with extension MSI  A   msi file is not an executable  On double clicking on a MSI file  Windows looks in registry which application is associated with this file extension for opening action  And the application to use is msiexec with the command line option  i to install the application inside MSI package   Run msiexec exe    to get in a GUI window the available options or look at Msiexec  command-line options    I have added already  quiet additionally to required option  i for a silent installation   In batch code above command start is used with option  wait to start Windows application msiexec exe and hold execution of batch file until installation finished  or aborted

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This is how to install a normal MSI file silently  msiexec exe  i c  setup msi  QN  L V  quot C  Temp msilog log quot   Quick explanation    L V  quot C  Temp msilog log quot   verbose logging at indicated path   QN   run completely silently   i   run install sequence   The msiexec exe command line is extensive with support for a variety of options  Here is another overview of the same command line interface  Here is an annotated versions  was broken  resurrected via way back machine   It is also possible to make a batch file a lot shorter with constructs such as for loops as illustrated here for Windows Updates  If there are check boxes that must be checked during the setup  you must find the appropriate PUBLIC PROPERTIES attached to the check box and set it at the command line like this  msiexec exe  i c  setup msi  QN  L V  quot C  Temp msilog log quot  STARTAPP 1 SHOWHELP Yes  These properties are different in each MSI  You can find them via the verbose log file or by opening the MSI in Orca  or another appropriate tool  You must look either in the dialog control section or in the Property table for what the property name is  Try running the setup and create a verbose log file first and then search the log for messages ala  quot Setting property    quot  and then see what the property name is there  Then add this property with the value from the log file to the command line  Also have a look at how to use transforms to customize the MSI beyond setting command line parameters  How to make better use of MSI files

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