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1 -4. Windows Install Options
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1 -= Desktop 4.0.0 or newer =
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3 +These features are available on Teamwire for Windows only.
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4 -Microsoft Windows Installer is an installation and configuration service provided with Windows. It allows to run processes with the Windows command {{code}}msiexec{{/code}}.
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6 -This command can be used, for example, to install Teamwire without any user interaction in [[quiet mode>>doc:||anchor="4-quietinstall"]]. Or to define the [[installation contexts>>doc:||anchor="4-installcontext"]].
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9 -{{id name="4-quietinstall"/}}
10 -
11 -== Quiet installation ==
12 -
13 -The {{code}}msiexec{{/code}} **display options** allow a quiet installation. All available parameters can be found here: [[Microsoft > msiexec > Display options>>url:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/msiexec#display-options||rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"]]
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15 -
16 -To install the Teamwire app quietly, use the following command and parameters:
17 -
18 -{{code language="shell"}}
19 -msiexec.exe /i <path_to_package> /qn
20 -{{/code}}
21 -
22 -Example: {{code language="shell"}}msiexec.exe /i "C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads\teamwire-setup.msi" /qn{{/code}}
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24 -
25 -{{id name="4-quietdeinstall"/}}
26 -
27 -== Quiet deinstallation ==
28 -
29 -The {{code}}msiexec{{/code}} **display options** allow a quiet deinstallation. All available parameters can be found here: [[Microsoft > msiexec > Display options>>url:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/msiexec#display-options||rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"]]
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31 -
32 -To deinstall the Teamwire app quietly, use the following command and parameters:
33 -
34 -{{code language="shell"}}
35 -msiexec.exe /x <path_to_package> /qn
36 -{{/code}}
37 -
38 -The MSI file path required for the deinstallation depends on your data management.
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40 -
41 -Example A: {{code language="shell"}}msiexec.exe /x "C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads\teamwire-setup.msi" /qn{{/code}}
42 -The file which was also used during the installation has remained in its directory.
43 -
44 -Example B: {{code language="shell"}}msiexec.exe /x "C:\Windows\Installer\34237a6a.msi" /qn{{/code}}
45 -You use the MSI file cached by the system. By default, it's stored under ##%SystemRoot%\Installer##.
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47 -
48 -{{id name="4-installcontext"/}}
49 -
50 -== Installation context ==
51 -
52 -Windows Installer can install a package on a computer into two installation contexts: per-machine and per-user.
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54 -A per-machine installation of the package is required to enable **all users** of the computer to access and use the application. Because a per-machine installation makes changes to the system that affect all users, administrative permissions are required. Further information available here: [[Microsoft > Windows Installer > Installation context>>https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/installation-context||rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"]]
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56 -
57 -{{id name="4-context-user"/}}
58 -
59 -=== Per user ===
60 -
61 -By default, the package is installed in the per-user installation context. The following command performs the per-user installation:
62 -
63 -{{code language="shell"}}
64 -msiexec.exe /i <path_to_package>
65 -{{/code}}
66 -
67 -Teamwire will be installed to the following directory: ##%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Teamwire##
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69 -
70 -{{id name="4-context-machine"/}}
71 -
72 -=== Per machine ===
73 -
74 -To install the package in the per-machine installation context, the ##ALLUSERS## parameter is required. The following command performs the per-machine installation:
75 -
76 -{{code language="shell"}}
77 -msiexec.exe /i <path_to_package> ALLUSERS=1
78 -{{/code}}
79 -
80 -Teamwire will be installed to the following directory: ##C:\Program Files\Teamwire##
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82 -
83 -{{id name="4-context-custom"/}}
84 -
85 -=== Custom installation directory ===
86 -
87 -You can define a custom directory for the Teamwire app installation with the following parameters:
88 -
89 -{{code language="shell"}}
90 -msiexec.exe /i <path_to_package> APPLICATIONFOLDER=<absolute_application_path>
91 -{{/code}}
92 -
93 -Example: {{code language="shell"}}msiexec.exe /i "C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads\teamwire-setup.msi" APPLICATIONFOLDER="C:\Teamwire"{{/code}}
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99 -{{id name="desktop-previous"/}}
100 -
101 -= Until Desktop 3.4.2 =
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103 -
104 104  You can install Teamwire in silent mode from a command line to avoid user interaction during the process.
105 105  
106 106  Therefore the command syntax is