Mailbag: How to perform a silent install of the Visual C++ 2010 redistributable packages

转自英文网站:http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2010/10/20/10078468.aspx

Question:

You previously posted lists of command line switches to perform silent and unattended installations of the Visual C++ 2005 redistributable and the Visual C++ 2008 redistributable.  How can I perform silent and unattended installations of the Visual C++ 2010 redistributable?

Answer:

The Visual C++ 2010 redistributable packages (vcredist_x86.exe, vcredist_x64.exe and vcredist_ia64.exe) support the following command line installation options.

The examples below use the file named vcredist_x86.exe, but you can substitute the x64 or ia64 versions of the EXEs with equivalent command lines to achieve the same behavior for them as well.

Silent install

This option will suppress all UI and perform an install.

<full path>\vcredist_x86.exe /q /norestart

For example, if you download vcredist_x86.exe to a folder named c:\vc2010redist, then the command line would look like this:

c:\vc2010redist\vcredist_x86.exe /q /norestart

Unattended install

This option will display a progress dialog (but requires no user interaction) and perform an install.

<full path>\vcredist_x86.exe /passive /norestart

For example, if you download vcredist_x86.exe to a folder named c:\vc2010redist, then the command line would look like this:

c:\vc2010redist\vcredist_x86.exe /passive /norestart

Silent repair

This option will suppress all UI and perform a repair.

<full path>\vcredist_x86.exe /q /repair /norestart

For example, if you download vcredist_x86.exe to a folder named c:\vc2010redist, then the command line would look like this:

c:\vc2010redist\vcredist_x86.exe /q /repair /norestart

Silent uninstall

This option will suppress all UI and perform an uninstall.

<full path>\vcredist_x86.exe /q /uninstall /norestart

For example, if you download vcredist_x86.exe to a folder named c:\vc2010redist, then the command line would look like this:

c:\vc2010redist\vcredist_x86.exe /q /uninstall /norestart

A note about reboots

All of the examples above use the /norestart switch to suppress reboots after the setup process completes.  The /norestart switch does not eliminate the need to reboot entirely – it just gives the calling process control over when to schedule the reboot if one is needed due to files being in use during setup.  If you run the Visual C++ 2010 redistributable setup and use the /norestart switch, you must check the exit code returned by the setup process and handle it accordingly in the calling process.  Here are the possible exit codes:

• Exit code 0 means that setup succeeded and no reboot is needed.
• Exit code 3010 means that setup succeeded and a reboot is needed to complete installation.
• Any other exit code means that setup failed.

Related link

• How to detect the install state for the Visual C++ 2010 redistributable packages