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PONeed advice on installing an application silently with patches
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    copied!<p>What I want to do is install program X with patches silently. Program X has an installer that is an MSI package. Program X has quite a few MSP file patches (8+)that have been released that I also want to install silently. There are two ways that I've seen to approach this:</p> <p><strong>Method 1:</strong> Slip Streaming into "Network" installation</p> <pre><code>msiexec.exe /a "C:\ProgramX\ProgramX.msi" </code></pre> <p>When the GUI pops up, I choose a location to extract to, then after extraction apply each patch with:</p> <pre><code>msiexec.exe /a "C:\admin_install_location\ProgramX.msi" /p "C:\patches\update1.msp" </code></pre> <p>This method takes a long time to slip stream each patch and if possible I'd like to automate it somehow, perhaps using a /qb.</p> <p><strong>Method 2:</strong> Apply during installation</p> <pre><code>msiexec.exe /I "C:\ProgramX\ProgramX.msi" ADDLOCAL=ALL SOFTWARE_CLASS=Editor SEAT_PREFERENCE=Fixed /qb PATCH="C:\patches\update1.msp;C:\patches\update2.msp;C:\patches\update3.msp" </code></pre> <p>What I would like to get advice on is: </p> <ol> <li><p>Which one is better suited for patches? Should I just slip stream for big service packs which are released less frequently and use method 2 for patches?</p></li> <li><p>Will the slip streamed "network" install version install faster than method 2 (assume the patch list is > 8 msp files)?</p></li> <li><p>Can I create the network location silently somehow with something like this?</p> <p>msiexec.exe /a "C:\ProgramX\ProgramX.msi" /qb INSTALLDIR="C:\admin_install_location"</p></li> <li><p>Is there any way to apply the patches as I create the network install location such as this?</p> <p>msiexec.exe /a "C:\ProgramX\ProgramX.msi" PATCH="C:\patches\update1.msp;C:\patches\update2.msp;C:\patches\update3.msp"</p></li> </ol>
 

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