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: On Windows 10 or higher, 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-V25.1.05-1-en_US(x64).msi).
    • Drag the BricsCAD installer file from the Windows Explorer dialog box 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. (Optional) Add ADDDESKTOPSHORTCUT="" to suppress the addition of a desktop shortcut.
  6. (Optional) Add SHOWRELEASENOTES="" to suppress the display of the Release Notes when the installation completes.
  7. (Optional) Add APPLICATIONFOLDER="your_app_folder" to install BricsCAD in a custom folder.
  8. (Optional) 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: C:\ProgramData\Bricsys.

  9. (Optional) Add BRXLICENSEKEY="your_license_key" to activate the license and store it in the folder specified by BRXLICENSEDESTFILE.
  10. (Optional) Add BRXLICENSEFILE="your_license_file" to copy the license file to the folder specified by BRXLICENSEDESTFILE.

  11. (Optional) 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. (Optional) Add REBOOT=ReallySuppress to suppress a restart after the installation is complete.
  13. (Optional 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.
  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.

Examples of command prompts:

  • To perform a silent installation while suppressing the creation of a desktop shortcut:
    msiexec /i "BricsCAD-Vxx.x.xx-x-en_US(x64).msi" /qn ADDDESKTOPSHORTCUT=""
  • 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 copy the existing BricsCAD.lic file to the specified directory, C:\ProgramData\Bricsys, ensuring that all BricsCAD versions automatically find the license file:
    msiexec /i "BricsCAD-Vxx.x.xx-x-en_US(x64).msi" /qn BRXLICENSEFILE=
"D:\BricsCAD.lic" BRXLICENSEDESTFILE="C:\PROGRAMDATA\bricsys\BricsCAD.lic"
  • 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"