Command-line for installation is:

msiexec /Option <Required Parameter> [Optional Parameter] [PROPERTY=PropertyValue]

Possible options for msiexec are:

Options Parameter Definition

Install Options
/package or /i <Product.msi> Installs or configures a product
/a <Product.msi> Administrative install - Installs a product on the network
/j<u|m> <Product.msi> Advertises a product - m to all users, u to current user.
Additional parameters can be used:
[/t <Transform List>]
[/g <Language ID>]
/uninstall | /x <Product> Uninstall the product. Parameter can be .msi file or
Product Code.

Display Options
/quiet Quiet mode - Installs the application without user interaction
/passive Unattended mode - progress bar only
/q[n|b|r|f] Sets user interface level:
n - no UI
b - Basic UI
r - Reduced UI
f - Full UI (default)
Restart Options
/norestart Do not restart after the installation is complete
/promptrestart Prompts the user for restart if necessary
/forcerestart Always restart the computer after installation
Logging Options
/l <LogFile> Defines logging level for installation. Possible modifiers are:
i - Status messages
w - Nonfatal warnings
e - All error messages
a - Startup of actions
r - Action-specific records
u - User requests
c - Initial UI parameters
m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information
o - Out-of-disk-space messages
p - Terminal properties
v - Verbose output
x - 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 for /l* <LogFile>
Repair Options
/f <Product> Repairs a product. Parameter is an .msi file or Product Code.
May have the following modifiers:
p - only if file is missing
o - if file is missing or an older version is installed (default)
e - if file is missing or an equal or older version is installed
d - if file is missing or a different version is installed
c - if file is missing or checksum does not match the calculated
 value
a - forces all files to be reinstalled
u - 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 reaches local package

For additional options and more detailed description please refer to Microsoft Web Sites.

Properties

Public properties defined by PDF-XChange installation may be specified as well as standard MSI
public properties. For complete list of standard public properties please refer to:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa370905(VS.85).aspx

Most useful properties are:

Standard Properties

ADDLOCAL <list of features> The value of the ADDLOCAL property is a list of features
that are delimited by commas, and are to be installed locally. The
PDF-XChange Editor installer defines the following features:

F_Viewer - the PDF-XChange Editor and main components;

F_Plugins - Plugins modules for the Editor (requires F_Viewer). If F_Plugins is
specified, the following features can be used to install plugins:
F_Plugin_SP - to install the SpellChecker plugin. Requires F_Plugins
F_FileOpenPlugin - install a plugin that provides support for files secured by
FileOpen. Requires F_Plugins
F_ReadOutLoudPlugin - install a plugin that provides read out loud functionality.
Requires F_Plugins
F_OCRPlugin - install a plugin that allows OCR to be run on image based PDF
files in the Editor. Requires F_Plugins.
F_EOCRPlugin - install a plugin that allows Extended OCR to be run on
image based PDF files in the Editor. Requires F_Plugins.
F_BookmarksPlugin - install a plugin that adds advanced features for working with
bookmarks. Requires F_Plugins.
F_OptimizerPlugin - install a plugin that facilitates optimizing existing PDF files to
reduce size. Requires F_Plugins.
F_PDFAPlugin - install a plugin to convert existing PDF files to PDF/A
compatible files. Requires F_Plugins.
F_SPPlugin - install a plugin that allows the Editor to work with files located on
SharePoint/Office 365 servers. Requires F_Plugins.
F_GDPlugin - install a plugin that allows the Editor to work with files located on
Google Driver cloud storage. Requires F_Plugins.
F_OFCPlugin - install a plugin that allows opening of MS Office documents
directly in the Editor. Requires F_Plugins.
F_CSVPlugin - install a plugin that converts .csv files to tables in a PDF.
Requires F_Plugins.
F_DBPlugin - DropBox plugin allows to work with files located on DropBox(tm)
cloud.
F_VLangs - Localization files for the Editor. Requires F_Viewer.
F_Lite - PDF-XChange Lite printer and related components.
F_Langs_Lite - Files to allow localization of PDF-XChange Lite driver and
components.
F_BrowserPlugins - plug-ins for web browsers (MS Internet explorer, Mozilla FireFox,
Opera, Safari, and Chrome) which allows viewing PDF files inside
these browsers. Requires F_Viewer as well as F_IEPlugin and/or
F_NPPlugin.
F_IEPlugin - IE plugin. Requires F_BrowserPlugins and F_Viewer.
F_NPPlugin - Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera plugin. Requires
F_BrowserPlugins and F_Viewer.
F_ShellExt - Plugins for Windows Explorer and Windows shell. These
extensions allow viewing of PDF thumbnails in Windows Explorer,
show properties of PDF files, handle previews of PDF files in
Windows Vista and Office 2007 and provide an IFilter component
which facilitates the Windows Desktop Search engine searching
text inside PDF files;
F_Updater - Updater for Tracker products
F_KeyInstaller - PDF-XChange Key Installer (XCVault)

Product specific properties

INSTALLLOCATION - Specifies the folder where products will be installed.

SET_AS_DEFAULT - if not specified or specified and has value of "1", PDF-
XChange Editor will be set as default application for PDF
files.
SET_LITE_AS_DEFAULT - if not specified or specified and has the value “1”, the
PDF-XChange Lite printer will be set as the default system
printer.
VIEW_IN_BROWSERS - if not specified or specified and has value of "1", PDF-
XChange Editor will be configured to open PDF files inside
browsers.
DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS - if not specified or specified and has value of "1" installer
will place shortcuts for installed application on Desktop.
PROGRAMSMENU_SHORTCUTS - if not specified or specified and has value of "1" installer
will create program menu group for installed application
and their components.
USERNAME <username> - specifies the username for which applications will be
registered.
ORGANIZATION <oname> - specifies the organization name for which applications
will be registered.
USERMAIL <email> - specifies the user email.
KEYFILE <xcvault file> - specifies the UNC location of the license vault file
<filename>.xcvault.
KEYDATA <regkey> - Specifies registration key.
APP_LANG <id>* - Specifies a language for the Editor. Requires F_Vlangs
NOUPDATER If not specified or specified and has value of "0" Updater
will be installed. A value of "1" will prevent Updater from
being installed. (Available build 310)
SCHEDULEUPDATER If not spe cified or specified and has value of "1",
installer will add a task to the Task Scheduler that allows to
periodically check Tracker's products for available update.

* <id> for your target language can be found here; https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-

versions/commerce-server/ee825488(v=cs.20).
This property uses the "language culture name" to define languages. For example German is
"de-DE". The parameters "auto", "builtin" and "none" can also be used instead of a language
culture name. auto uses the system locale language, builtin uses US English and none retains
the existing language in cases where the software is being upgraded, or operates in the same
manner as auto if the software is being installed for the first time.

Command-line Examples:

1. Install the application in quiet mode (no user input) to folder "C:\Program Files\Tracker":

msiexec /i EditorV8.x64.msi /quiet INSTALLLOCATION="C:\Program Files\Tracker"

2. Install the application in quiet mode to default folder. Specify the user license info:

msiexec /i EditorV8.x64.msi /quiet USERNAME="Dave" USERMAIL="[email protected]"

KEYFILE="\UNC\path\to\xcvaultfile"

3. Install only PDF-XChange Viewer and Tracker Updater:

msiexec /i EditorV8.x64.msi /quiet ADDLOCAL="F_Viewer,F_Updater"

4. Install PDF-XChange Editor with all features, German language and a 'basic' UI during install.
Note that because ADDLOCAL is not being used here then all components including F_VLangs
are installed.

msiexec /i EditorV8.x64.msi /qb APP_LANG=de-DE

5. Install PDF-XChange Editor with specific features only. Editor with Spellcheck and OCR
plugins but not FileOpen or ReadAloud plugins, Browser plugins for only IE, German language
and a 'basic' UI during install. Because ADDLOCAL is being called to install specific features
then only those features explicitly called will be installed, so in this case F_VLangs must be
explicitly called:

msiexec /i EditorV8.x64.msi /qb

ADDLOCAL="F_Viewer,F_Plugins,F_Plugin_SP,F_OCRPlugin,F_VLangs,F_BrowserPlugin
s,F_IEPlugin" APP_LANG=de-DE