I'm creating an auto-updater that can run MSIs and EXEs. These MSIs/EXEs aren't my own. I'd like to use any unattended/silent install option if it exists. Is there some way to determine if an MSI/EXE has some sort of unattended install support and, if so, get the right argument so I can pass it to the file when I run it? I know, by default '/quiet' is the silent install option, but I'm also curious about EXEs and any MSIs that maybe have customized this option.
This question - detect msi parameters for unattended install - is similar, but the links in the answer are broken and I can't figure out from the answer what I would do.
Thanks.
If it's MSI, then the parameters are standard, you can get the list of options with msiexec /? or view the docs on MSDN.
There's no way to detect options for an arbitrary EXE which options it supports, if any. Try to find docs from the vendor, or try /? switch…