PowerShell使用属性文件安装MSI

Question

I looking to replace our old command files with PowerShell file to install msi on a number of servers with a view of automating installations remotely.

What I am trying to do, and this is how can you get PowerShell to install an msi where the installation relies on a details coming from a property file as one argument along with logging out the installation as a log file and setting a new user name and password?

Currently our old cmd file looks a bit like this:

msiexec /I mymsi.msu /quiet /lv mymsi.log USERNAME=AName PASSWORD=APassword CONFIG="C:\\Some.properties.env"

What I want to do is recreate this but in PowerShell, but I have not been able to find an example that works.

Answer 1

I'd suggest using Start-Process and Splatting to make it readable and functional:

$startProcessParams = @{
    'FilePath'         = "$Env:SystemRoot\System32\MSIEXEC.exe"
    'ArgumentList'     = @(
        '/i', 'mymsi.msu'
        '/quiet'
        '/lv', 'mymsi.log'
        'USERNAME=AName', 'PASSWORD=APassword', 'CONFIG="C:\Some.properties.env"'
    )
    'WorkingDirectory' = $PSScriptRoot
    'Wait'             = $true
    'PassThru'         = $true
}
$process = Start-Process @startProcessParams

return $process.ExitCode

Be sure to set WorkingDirectory to where your .msu file is living.

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