Installing from The Command Line

When running an installer generated by DeployMaster, several parameters can be passed on the command line that affect how the installer is run.

Silent Installations

A setup package built with DeployMaster can be installed silently. That is, DeployMaster will do its job without asking any questions and without displaying anything on the screen. It also won't run the application after installing, if you specified that on the Finished tab. This is useful to install software in an automated fashion over a network.

To do this, simply specify the /silent parameter on the command line. E.g.: setup.exe /silent.

Note that DeployMaster cannot suppress questions and messages from 3rd party installers. You'll have to configure those to run silently if you want your users to be able to install your software silently.

Suppress Desktop Icons

When software is deployed automatically users sometimes wish to suppress creating desktop icons. This can be done with the /nodesktop command line parameter. This parameter tells the installer not to put anything on the user's desktop. /nodesktop can be used with or without the /silent parameter.

Force 32-bit Installation

If an installer was built with "32-bit and 64-bit application for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows" selected on the Platform page, you can use the /32 command line parameter to force the 32-bit version of the installer to run on 64-bit Windows. This can be useful to create a 32-bit portable installation for use on other computers that are running 32-bit Windows while your own PC is running 64-bit Windows.