Setting up silent assisted installations (Windows)

Users can perform a silent installation, which keeps interaction with the FileMaker Pro installer to a minimum. Required installation information is read from the Assisted Install.txt file, and installation screens aren't displayed. See About the personalization file.

  1. In Installing using a networked volume (Windows), perform steps 1 through 4.

  2. Choose Start menu, then search for Command Prompt. Right-click Command Prompt and choose Run as administrator.

  3. In the Administrator: Command Prompt window, enter a command.

    To

    In a command window, type

    Install without a user interface (silent installation)

    "pathname\setup.exe" /qn

    Uninstall without a user interface (silent uninstallation)

    "pathname\setup.exe" /x /qn

    Install when required—advertise to current user (silent advertised installation)

    "pathname\setup.exe" /q /ju

    Install when required—advertise to all users (silent advertised installation)

    "pathname\setup.exe" /q /jm

    Install and display a dialog box indicating whether the software was successfully installed

    "pathname\setup.exe" /qn+

    Install and display a progress bar and Cancel button during installation

    "pathname\setup.exe" /qb+

    Install to a non-default location on the user's computer

    "pathname\setup.exe" /qb+ INSTALLDIR="installpath"

Alternatively, you can create your own script that performs one of these commands, then run your script on users' computers.

Notes 

  • pathname is the location of the installer folder you created on the networked volume. If pathname is for a mapped network drive, you may need to enter net use * \\server\share in the Command Prompt window first so that the commands above can access the mapped network drive.

  • installpath is the desired location of the FileMaker product folder on the user's computer. The path cannot contain spaces unless it is enclosed by double quotation marks. The following example path would install into the FileMaker Pro folder inside the Applications folder on drive C:

    "C:\Applications\FileMaker Pro"

  • The installer will reboot the computer if required.