Performing a silent installation

Administrators can silently upgrade or install the IBM® Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft™ Windows™ from the command prompt. User notification is disabled during the silent installation, except in error cases such as notification of failed prerequisites.

About this task

A silent installation uses the same installation program that the graphical user interface (GUI) version uses. However, instead of displaying a wizard interface, the silent installation reads all of your responses from parameters that you pass to the command line. In order for the installation to work successfully, you must run the silent installation from the directory where you extracted the plug-in files.

Procedure

Download the plug-in from the IBM Connections catalog at the following website:
```
https://greenhouse.lotus.com/catalog
```
Extract the file.
Open a command prompt and navigate to the directory where you saved IBMConnectionsMSDeskTop.exe.

Type IBMConnectionsMSDeskTop.exe /Options(s) [PROPERTY=Value] The optional parameters and public property settings are listed in the following tables:

Table 1. Optional parameters
Optional parameters	Description
/install	Install the plug-in.
/uninstall	Uninstalls the plug-in.
/quiet	Establishes Silent mode, which requires no user interaction.
/norestart	Prevents restart after the installation is complete.
/promptrestart	Prompts the user for restart if necessary.
/forcerestart	Always restarts the computer after installation.

Table 2. Public properties
Public property	Description
INSTALLDIR	Directory where plug-ins are installed. For example, `INSTALLDIR=C:\Progra~1\IBM\Connections Desktop Plugins`
ADDLOCAL	Optionally install components. If nothing is specified, all components are installed. The Windows Explorer feature is required and is always installed. Examples: To silently install just the Microsoft Windows Explorer feature: `IBMConnectionsMSDeskTop.exe /install /quiet ADDLOCAL=WindowsExplorer` To silently install the Microsoft Office feature: `IBMConnectionsMSDeskTop.exe /install /quiet ADDLOCAL=WindowsExplorer,MicrosoftOffice` To silently install the Microsoft Outlook feature: `IBMConnectionsMSDeskTop.exe /install /quiet ADDLOCAL=WindowsExplorer,MicrosoftOutlook` To disable Connections 3.0 or 3.01 features on Microsoft Window Explorers desktop: `IBMConnectionsMSDeskTop.exe /install /quiet DSB_MS30X_EXPLORER` To disable Connections 3.0 or 3.01 features on Microsoft Window Explorers and install the Connections 4.5 plug-ins features for Windows Explorer: `IBMConnectionsMSDeskTop.exe /install /quiet ADDLOCAL=WindowsExplorer DSB_MS30X_EXPLORER`
DSB_MS30X_EXPLORER	If you previously installed an earlier version of the IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft Windows, this option disables rather than uninstalls plug-in features. If this option is not specified, the earlier features are uninstalled silently. To disable Windows Explorer features of the IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft Windows and install all components of the Connections 5.0 plug-in: `IBMConnectionsMSDeskTop.exe /install /quiet DSB_MS30X_EXPLORER` To disable Windows Explorer features of the IBM Connections 3.0 or 3.0.1 plug-in and install the Windows Explorer feature of Connections 5.0 plug-in: `IBMConnectionsMSDeskTop.exe /install /quiet ADDLOCAL=WindowsExplorer DSB_MS30X_EXPLORER`

Table 3. Samples of silent installation commands
Description	Example
Silent installation with restart and INSTALLDIR property	`IBMConnectionsMSDesktop.exe /install /quiet /forcerestart INSTALLDIR=C:\Progra~1\IBM\Sample`
Silent uninstall with no restart	`IBMConnectionsMSDesktop.exe /uninstall /quiet /norestart`

Reboot the computer.