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Command line switches on the Secure Password Extension and Offline Password Reset Extension MSI files -
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The Secure Password Extension (SecurePasswordExtension_x64.msi and SecurePasswordExtension_x86.msi) and Offline Password Reset Extension (OfflinePasswordReset_x64.msi and OfflinePasswordReset_x86.msi) installers can be run with command line switches in order to control the installation experience.
These command line switches can be viewed by executing the MSI file in a command line or PowerShell prompt with a /? switch.
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The acceptable command line switches for both of these installers are as follows:
msiexec /Option <Required Parameter> [Optional Parameter]Install Options</package | /i> <Product.msi>Installs or configures a product/a <Product.msi>Administrative install - Installs a product on the network/j<u|m> <Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>] [/g <Language ID>]Advertises a product - m to all users, u to current user</uninstall | /x> <Product.msi | ProductCode>Uninstalls the productDisplay Options/quietQuiet mode, no user interaction/passiveUnattended mode - progress bar only/q[n|b|r|f]Sets user interface leveln - No UIb - Basic UIr - Reduced UIf - Full UI (default)/helpHelp informationRestart Options/norestartDo not restart after the installation is complete/promptrestartPrompts the user for restart if necessary/forcerestartAlways restart the computer after installationLogging Options/l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] <LogFile>i - Status messagesw - Nonfatal warningse - All error messagesa - Start up of actionsr - Action-specific recordsu - User requestsc - Initial UI parametersm - Out-of-memory or fatal exit informationo - Out-of-disk-space messagesp - Terminal propertiesv - Verbose outputx - Extra debugging information+ - Append to existing log file! - Flush each line to the log* - Log all information, except for v and x options/log <LogFile>Equivalent of /l* <LogFile>Update Options/update <Update1.msp>[;Update2.msp]Applies update(s)/uninstall <PatchCodeGuid>[;Update2.msp] /package <Product.msi | ProductCode>Remove update(s) for a productRepair Options/f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] <Product.msi | ProductCode>Repairs a productp - only if file is missingo - if file is missing or an older version is installed (default)e - if file is missing or an equal or older version is installedd - if file is missing or a different version is installedc - if file is missing or checksum does not match the calculated valuea - forces all files to be reinstalledu - all required user-specific registry entries (default)m - all required computer-specific registry entries (default)s - all existing shortcuts (default)v - runs from source and recaches local packageSetting Public Properties[PROPERTY=PropertyValue]