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What Is Silent Mode?
When silent mode is active and a user initiates the deployment, the installation
proceeds without any explicit user input.
No dialog boxes are presented that require interaction from the user. This
includes all error and warning dialog boxes. Check the log file for errors that
may occur in the event of installation problems.
Enable silent mode by clicking the Run installations in silent mode check
box in the Configure page.
To prevent a silent install from failing on client computers:
■ Install Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0 on the client computers
■ Reboot client computers before installing Autodesk Navisworks Simulate
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Specify Log File Locations
On the Create Deployment ➤ Configure page of the deployment process,
you can choose whether or not to create a log file by selecting the appropriate
check box in the Installation Settings area. The program has two types of
log files with which you can monitor information about deployments and
installations.
■ Network log. The network log file keeps a record of all workstations that
run the deployment. The log lists the user name, workstation name, and
the status of the installation. Refer to this file for status information and
details about problems that users encountered during installation (for
example, low disc space or inadequate permissions).
The network log is named with the same name you chose for your
deployment. You can specify where the log file is created by entering either
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