Alex Shevchuk : How to run an installer without installing the product

How to run an installer without installing the product

To run an installer without actually installing the product set the value of EXECUTEMODE property to "None" in the command line:

MsiExec /I MyProduct.msi EXECUTEMODE=None

That will let you to test-run your installer without actually updating the target system.

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Published Saturday, March 08, 2008 5:57 PM by Alex Shevchuk

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Saturday, March 08, 2008 9:18 PM by Kris

Thanks. Very timely. I am just building my first installshield-msi project and I will use it to test it out.