Modifying the installation by using setup.ini

You can specify the user interface level, the level of installation logging, and the transforms to use in setup.ini.

To modify setup.ini, follow these steps:

Browse to the location of your installation image and open setup.ini
Optional: Define the user interface level.
1. Under the [Startup] section, find this statement: CmdLine=/l* "%temp%\xe1instlogmsi.txt"
2. Add the /q option to the CmdLine keyname.
  - Enter /qr for a reduced user interface.
  - Enter /qb for a basic user interface.
  - Enter /qn for no user interface (completely silent).
Optional: Define the level of installation logging.
1. Under the [Startup] section, find this statement: CmdLine=/l* "%temp%\xe1instlogmsi.txt"
2. Change the parameters for the /l option as appropriate.
  - To get a verbose log, change /l* to /l*v.
  - If you do not want the MSI log to be created, delete the /l option and all of its parameters from the CmdLine keyname.
  - To change the default destination of the log file, change the parameter "%temp%\xe1instlogmsi.txt" to the directory and file name you want. Use quotation marks around the path if it contains spaces. For example, /l "c:\my directory\mylog.txt".
Optional: Specify the transforms to be applied.
All users running from the same image get the same list of transforms that are applied.
1. Under the [Startup] section, find this statement: CmdLine=/l* "%temp%\xe1instlogmsi.txt"
2. Add the TRANSFORMS CmdLine keyname. For example, TRANSFORMS=transform1.mst,transform2.mst,…

Example

In this example, the log file, xe1instlogmsi.txt, is generated with verbose information and is saved to C:\MyPath. The installation is launched in basic user interface mode, and the transform MyTransform.mst is applied.

[Startup] 
CmdLine=/l*v "C:\MyPath\xe1instlogmsi.txt" /qb TRANSFORMS=MyTransform.mst