Silent Installation (Windows only)

For silent installation, you need admin rights.

  1. Open PowerShell or Command Prompt and change the directory (cd) to the location of the BricsCAD® installer .msi file.

    Note: In Windows 10, you can access the Open PowerShell window here option from the context menu that appears when you shift-right-click a folder in Explorer. This allows you to open PowerShell in the current window without having to change the directory.

  2. Type msiexec /i and do one of the following:

    • Type the file name of the BricsCAD® installer (for example BricsCAD-V20.2.09-1-en_US(x64).msi.
    • Drag the BricsCAD® installer file from the Windows Explorer dialog to the command window.

  3. Type /qn at the command prompt.

  4. (option) Add ADDDESKTOPSHORTCUT="" to suppress the addition of a desktop shortcut.

  5. (option) Add SHOWRELEASENOTES="" to suppress the display of the Release Notes when the installation completes.

  6. (option) Add APPLICATIONFOLDER="your_app_folder" to install BricsCAD® in a custom folder.

  7. (option) Add BRXLICENSEDESTFILE="path_to_lic_file" to specify a folder for the license file if any of the properties BRXLICENSEKEY, BRXLICENSEFILE or BRXLICENSESERVER are defined.

    Default is APPLICATIONFOLDER\BricsCAD.lic.

  8. (option) Add BRXLICENSEKEY="your_license_key" to activate the license and store it in the folder specified by BRXLICENSEDESTFILE.

  9. (option) Add BRXLICENSEFILE="your_license_file" to copy the license file to the folder specified by BRXLICENSEDESTFILE.

  10. (option) Add BRXLICENSESERVER="host", or BRXLICENSESERVER="port@host" (*) to create a license file in the folder specified by BRXLICENSEDESTFILE, containing the server host specification.

    (*) If your license server is using a different port than default port 5053.

  11. (option on 32-BIT only) Add INSTALLVBA="0" or INSTALLVBA="" to not install VBA.

    The complete entry in the command prompt can be: msiexec /i "BricsCAD-Vxx.x.xx-x-en_US(x64).msi" /qn ADDDESKTOPSHORTCUT="" SHOWRELEASENOTES="".

  12. Press Enter to launch the installation.

Note:
  • For more options, type: msiexec /? at the command prompt.
  • On the Microsoft website, you can find more information about the msiexec command.