Silent Installation (Windows only)

For silent installation, you need admin rights.

  1. Open PowerShell or Command Prompt and change the directory (cd) to the location of the BricsCAD® installer MSI file.
    Note: In Windows 10, you can access the Open PowerShell window here option from the context menu that appears when you shift-right-click a folder in Explorer. This allows you to open PowerShell in the current window without having to change the directory.
  2. Type msiexec /i and do one of the following:
    • Type the file name of the BricsCAD® installer (for example BricsCAD-V24.2.06-1-en_US(x64).msi).
    • Drag the BricsCAD® installer file from the Windows Explorer dialog box to the command window.
  3. Type /qn in the command prompt.
  4. Type /norestart in the command prompt to suppress the restarting after the installation is complete.
  5. (Optional) Add ADDDESKTOPSHORTCUT="" to suppress the addition of a desktop shortcut.
  6. (Optional) Add SHOWRELEASENOTES="" to suppress the display of the Release Notes when the installation completes.
  7. (Optional) Add APPLICATIONFOLDER="your_app_folder" to install BricsCAD® in a custom folder.
  8. (Optional) Add BRXLICENSEDESTFILE="path_to_lic_file" to specify a folder for the license file if any of the properties BRXLICENSEKEY, BRXLICENSEFILE or BRXLICENSESERVER are defined.

    The default folder is: C:\ProgramData\Bricsys.

  9. (Optional) Add BRXLICENSEKEY="your_license_key" to activate the license and store it in the folder specified by BRXLICENSEDESTFILE.
  10. (Optional) Add BRXLICENSEFILE="your_license_file" to copy the license file to the folder specified by BRXLICENSEDESTFILE.

  11. (Optional) Add BRXLICENSESERVER="host", or BRXLICENSESERVER="port@host" (*) to create a license file in the folder specified by BRXLICENSEDESTFILE, containing the server host specification.

    (*) If your license server is using a different port than default port 5053.

  12. (Optional) Add REBOOT=ReallySuppress to suppress a restart after the installation is complete.
  13. (Optional on 32-BIT only) Add INSTALLVBA="0" or INSTALLVBA="" to not install VBA.
    Note: The 32-BIT version is only available for BricsCAD V20 and older.
  14. Press Enter to launch the installation.
Note:
  • For more options, type: msiexec /? in the command prompt.
  • You can find more information about the msiexec command on the Microsoft website.

Examples of command prompts:

  • To perform a silent installation while suppressing the creation of a desktop shortcut:
    msiexec /i "BricsCAD-Vxx.x.xx-x-en_US(x64).msi" /qn ADDDESKTOPSHORTCUT=""
  • To perform a silent installation while suppressing the creation of a desktop shortcut and the display of Release Notes:
    msiexec /i "BricsCAD-Vxx.x.xx-x-en_US(x64).msi" /qn ADDDESKTOPSHORTCUT="" SHOWRELEASENOTES=""
  • To execute a silent installation and activate the license using the provided license key:
    msiexec /i "BricsCAD-Vxx.x.xx-x-en_US(x64).msi" /qn BRXLICENSEDESTFILE=
"C:\ProgramData\Bricsys\BricsCAD.lic" BRXLICENSEKEY="****-****-****-****-****"

    The license file, BricsCAD.lic, is generated at the specified location, C:\ProgramData\Bricsys, ensuring that all BricsCAD versions automatically find it.

  • To copy the existing BricsCAD.lic file to the specified directory, C:\ProgramData\Bricsys, ensuring that all BricsCAD versions automatically find the license file:
    msiexec /i "BricsCAD-Vxx.x.xx-x-en_US(x64).msi" /qn BRXLICENSEFILE=
"D:\BricsCAD.lic" BRXLICENSEDESTFILE="C:\PROGRAMDATA\bricsys\BricsCAD.lic"
  • To create the license file containing the server host specification in the assigned folder, C:\ProgramData\Bricsys, ensuring that all BricsCAD versions automatically find it:
    msiexec /i "BricsCAD-Vxx.x.xx-x-en_US(x64).msi" /qn BRXLICENSESERVER="port@host" 
BRXLICENSEDESTFILE="C:\PROGRAMDATA\bricsys\BricsCAD.lic"