[vbox-dev] VirtualBox msi options

[Magnus Madsen]

Hi Mathieu,
Running the installation as:

VirtualBox-4.3.10-93012-Win.exe --silent --msiparams REBOOT=ReallySuppress

should give the same effect to the MSI installation as running it manually
with /norestart

Kind regards,
Magnus


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> Hello,
>
> I asked this on the forum, by was told I would have a better chance on the
> dev mailing list.
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> I have a script to deploy the installation of VirtualBox on several
> computers, and then import and start a particular vm. The issue is that
> sometimes, a reboot is prompted and then the computer restarts without
> letting me the time to answer (or does it because it's an unattended
> install), so i wanted to use the /norestart option to prevent that.
>
> I want to try to give some parameters to the msi so that it start a
> passive installation and does not force a restart after installation.
>
> VirtualBox-4.3.10-93012-Win.exe --silent --msiparams /norestart
>
> That line does not work because --msiparams expects parameters in the X=Y
> format.
>
> If I extract the msi and pass those parameters directly, it works, but I
> lose the automatic install of the certificate done by the .exe (Which was
> fixed in 4.3.10). Also, it's not very elegant to have a .msi file and a
> .cab file, I prefer only using one .exe file because ti simplifies my
> deployement.
>
> Is there a way to use msi options when running the .exe installation file
> of VirtualBox?
>
> Thank you
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