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-V23.1.01-1-en_US(x64).msi).
    • Drag the BricsCAD installer file from the Windows Explorer dialog to the command window.

  3. Type /qn in the command prompt.

  4. Type /norestart in the command prompt to suppress the restarting after the installation is complete.

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

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

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

  8. (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.

    The default folder is APPLICATIONFOLDER\BricsCAD.lic.

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

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

  11. (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.

  12. (option) Add REBOOT=ReallySuppress to suppress a restart after the installation is complete.

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

    Note: The 32-BIT version is only available for BricsCAD V20 and older.

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

  14. Press Enter to launch the installation.

Note:
  • For more options, type: msiexec /? in the command prompt.
  • You can find more information about the msiexec command on the Microsoft website.