Silent installation (Windows only)

Open PowerShell or Command Prompt with administrator rights, change the directory (cd) to the folder containing the BricsCAD MSI installer and run msiexec /i BricsCAD-V26.1.05-1-en_US(x64).msi /qn /norestart to perform a silent installation without user interaction or automatic restart.

More options

  • ADDDESKTOPSHORTCUT="" suppresses the addition of a desktop shortcut.
  • SHOWRELEASENOTES="" suppresses the display of the Release Notes when the installation completes.
  • APPLICATIONFOLDER="your_app_folder" installs BricsCAD in a custom folder.
  • BRXLICENSEDESTFILE="path_to_lic_file" specifies a folder for the license file if any of the properties BRXLICENSEKEY, BRXLICENSEFILE or BRXLICENSESERVER are defined.

    The default folder is: C:\ProgramData\Bricsys.

  • BRXLICENSEKEY="your_license_key" activates the license and store it in the folder specified by BRXLICENSEDESTFILE.
  • BRXLICENSEFILE="your_license_file" copies the license file to the folder specified by BRXLICENSEDESTFILE.
  • BRXLICENSESERVER="host", or BRXLICENSESERVER="port@host" (*) creates 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.

  • REBOOT=ReallySuppress suppresses a restart after the installation is complete.
  • (On 32-BIT only)INSTALLVBA="0" or INSTALLVBA="" does not install VBA.
    Note: The 32-BIT version is only available for BricsCAD V20 and older.

Examples of command prompts

  • To perform a silent installation while suppressing the creation of a desktop shortcut and the display of Release Notes:
    msiexec /i "BricsCAD-Vxx.x.xx-x-en_US(x64).msi" /qn ADDDESKTOPSHORTCUT="" SHOWRELEASENOTES=""
  • To execute a silent installation and activate the license using the provided license key:
    msiexec /i "BricsCAD-Vxx.x.xx-x-en_US(x64).msi" /qn BRXLICENSEDESTFILE=
"C:\ProgramData\Bricsys\BricsCAD.lic" BRXLICENSEKEY="****-****-****-****-****"

    The license file, BricsCAD.lic, is generated at the specified location, C:\ProgramData\Bricsys, ensuring that all BricsCAD versions automatically find it.

  • To create the license file containing the server host specification in the assigned folder, C:\ProgramData\Bricsys, ensuring that all BricsCAD versions automatically find it:
    msiexec /i "BricsCAD-Vxx.x.xx-x-en_US(x64).msi" /qn BRXLICENSESERVER="port@host" 
BRXLICENSEDESTFILE="C:\ProgramData\bricsys\BricsCAD.lic"