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<seconds>
/time:<*seconds*>
<message>
Examples
To send a message entitled, Let's meet at 1PM today to all sessions for User1, type:
msg User1 Let's meet at 1PM today
To send the same message to session modeM02, type:
msg modem02 Let's meet at 1PM today
To send the message to all sessions contained in the file userlist, type:
msg @userlist Let's meet at 1PM today
To send the message to all users who are logged on, type:
msg * Let's meet at 1PM today
To send the message to all users, with an acknowledgment time-out (for example, 10 seconds), type:
msg * /time:10 Let's meet at 1PM today
msiexec
Provides the means to install, modify, and perform operations on Windows Installer from the command line.
Install options
Set the install type for launching an installation package.
Syntax
msiexec.exe [/i][/a][/j{u|m|/g|/t}][/x] <path_to_package>
Parameters
Parameter
Description
/i
Specifies normal installation.
/a
Specifies administrative installation.
/ju
Advertise the product to the current user.
/jm
Advertise the product to all users.
/j/g
Specifies the language identifier used by the advertised package.
/j/t
Applies transform to the advertised package.
/x
Uninstalls the package.
<path_to_package>
Specifies the location and name of the installation package file.
<path_to_package>
Examples
To install a package named example.msi from the C: drive, using a normal installation process, type:
msiexec.exe /i "C:\example.msi"
Display options
You can configure what a user sees during the installation process, based on your target environment. For example, if you're distributing a package to all clients for manual installation, there should be a full UI. However, if you're deploying a package using Group Policy, which requires no user interaction, there should be no UI involved.
Syntax
msiexec.exe /i <path_to_package> [/quiet][/passive][/q{n|b|r|f}]
Parameters
Parameter
Description
<path_to_package>
Specifies the location and name of the installation package file.
/quiet
Specifies quiet mode, which means there's no user interaction required.
/passive
Specifies unattended mode, which means the installation only shows a progress bar.
/qn
Specifies there's no UI during the installation process.