MSI Silent install does not install correctly
We tried to install MuseScore 2.0.1 using MSIexec with the options /i /quiet /norestart. for unattended installation. While it dit place files into the program directory it did not create start menu or desktop items nor did it create an entry in Programs and Features. This occurs on Windows 7 64bit.
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I don't think this qualifies as major
It is huge if you're pushing it out to a lot of systems.
Came up again in https://musescore.org/en/node/243771
I was having the same trouble with a Windows 10 install and found a solution. I had to use BOTH the ALLUSERS=1 and TARGETDIR arguments. The whole command was:
msiexec /i MuseScore-2.1.msi /qn ALLUSERS=1 TARGETDIR="C:\Program Files\MuseScore"
Probably better (as MuseScore 2.x is 32-bit):
msiexec /i MuseScore-2.1.msi /qn ALLUSERS=1 TARGETDIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\MuseScore"or even:
msiexec /i MuseScore-2.1.msi /qn ALLUSERS=1 TARGETDIR="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MuseScore"In reply to Probably better (as… by Jojo-Schmitz
I probably should have included this in my original comment. Using TARGETDIR="C:\Program Files\MuseScore" actually installed MuseScore in "C:\Program Files (x86)\MuseScore" on my 64 bit machine.
OK, that is strange