Command Line Deployment

You can automatically deploy an administrative image using a command prompt or batch file (silent installation).

Command line feature names are case sensitive, cannot contain spaces or dashes, and must be separated by commas.

To install silently:

  1. Open a Command Prompt window (in Windows, click Start, Run, type cmd, and click OK).

  2. In the window, type the msiexec.exe command with the /i and /qb switches and set the properties for any options that are not the default values.

Properties are listed for the following products:

SolidWorks feature

SolidWorks eDrawings

Workgroup PDM

SolidWorks global

SolidWorks Simulation

DWGeditor

Use the following examples as templates for silent installation.

Properties

Example

SolidWorks Client

Chinese-Simplified language

PhotoWorks add-in

Participation in the feedback program

(32-bit version of SolidWorks on 32-bit operating system)

msiexec /i "<Msi_path>" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\<your_folder>" SOLIDWORKSSERIALNUMBER="xxxx xxxx
xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx" ENABLEPERFORMANCE=1 OFFICEOPTION=3 ADDLOCAL=SolidWorks,ChineseSimplified,PhotoWorksRender,Intel_Modules_AgeiaX86 /qb

(32-bit version of SolidWorks on 64-bit operating system)

msiexec /i "<Msi_path>" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\<your_folder>" SOLIDWORKSSERIALNUMBER="xxxx xxxx
xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx" ENABLEPERFORMANCE=1 OFFICEOPTION=3 ADDLOCAL=SolidWorks,ChineseSimplified,PhotoWorksRender,Intel_Modules_AgeiaX64 /qb

(64-bit version of SolidWorks on 64-bit operating system)

msiexec /i "<Msi_path>" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\<your_folder>" SOLIDWORKSSERIALNUMBER="xxxx xxxx
xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx" ENABLEPERFORMANCE=1 OFFICEOPTION=3 ADDLOCAL=SolidWorks,ChineseSimplified,PhotoWorksRender /qb
 

DWGeditor

Standalone license
 

msiexec /i "<Msi_path>" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\<your_folder>" LICENSETYPE=1 /qb
 

eDrawings Client

Log performance

Italian language

All features
 

msiexec /i "<Msi_path>" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\<your_folder>" LOGPERFORMANCE=1 SNLSERVER=<eDrawings_SNL_server> TRANSFORMS=1040.mst ADDLOCAL=All /qb
 

SolidWorks Simulation Client

German language

Upgrade an existing version
 

msiexec /i "<Msi_path>" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\<your_folder>" SOLIDWORKSPATH="<path to SolidWorks>" CWUPGRADEINSTALL=1 ADDLOCAL=German, /qb

SolidWorks Explorer

SolidWorks Explorer with Workgroup PDM add-in

 

msiexec /i "<Msi_path>" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\<your_folder>" ADDLOCAL=VaultAdmin,Client,Standalone,DocMgr,LicenseEXE EXPLORERORPDM=1 /qb

 

Workgroup PDM Client

Workgroup PDM client list

msiexec /i "<Msi_path>"
INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\<your_folder>"
ADDLOCAL=VaultAdmin,Client,Standalone,AutoCADR2006Addin
LICENSE_CLIENT="xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx"
LICENSE_SA="xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx"
/qn

Workgroup PDM determines the language automatically.

SolidWorks PhotoView 360

msiexec /i "<Msi_path>" /qb

This product is licensed through the PhotoView license.

This installation requires that a version of PhotoView 360 is already installed on your computer. There are no command options available when installing PhotoView 360.