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Chapter 5: Installing Dragon using the Windows installer (MSI)
3. EnterthefollowingcommandlinetoinstallDragononthisinitialcomputer(ignoreany
errorsyoureceiveregardingtheserialnumber,asitisnotrequiredforthisininitialinstall-
ation,unlessyouplantodictatelater):
setup.exe /s /v"INSTALLDIR=c:\Dragon13 /L*v C:\Logs\logfile.log
/qn"
The/soptionsetsthesilentoptionforevery.exethatsetup.exeprovidesawrapperfor-so
thatnoGUIpopsup.WhenyouperformasilentinstallationofDragon,theinstallation
processdoesnotdisplayanymessages.Toviewinstallationmessages,administrators
shouldviewthesetuplog.
Bycontrastthe/qninsidethequotationmarksafter/vsetsthesilentoptionfortheDragon
installation.
The/voptionintroducesanyseriesofmsiexec.exeoptionsyouwanttopasstotheWindows
installer,allenclosedinquotationmarksafterthe/v,withnospaceallowedbetweenthe/v
andtheopeningquotationmark.Amongtheoptionsinsidethequotationmarksare:
n INSTALLDIRIndicatesthefullpathtowhereyouwantDragoninstalled
n /L*v(eitherupperorlowercase)Indicatesthelogfilewheremessagesaboutthe
installationshouldbewritten
n /qn(Quietmode—alsocalledSilentmodenoGUI)TurnsofftheDragonGUI
Caution:Thefirsttimeyoutestanyinstallation,youshouldnotrunitinSilentmode,
becauseifyouhaveneglectedtoprovideinformationaboutasettingthatdoesnothavea
default,youreceiveaGUIpromptforthatinformation.Youshouldinitiallypassthe/L*v
optionbecauseitrunstheentireinstallationGUI.WhentheWelcomedialogappears,you
canstopandlookintothelogfile.,whereyoucansearchforCommandlinetoverifythatall
commandlineparametersarebeingincorporated.Thelineyoufindwillhavethisformat:
MSI (c) (##:##)[##:##:##:###] Command Line: <OPTION>=<value>
<OPTION>=<value> ...
TheabovecommandlineistoinstalltheprimarylanguageoftheDragonproduct.
Logging errors and other messages
Sub-optionsfor/Lindicatethetypesofmessagestosendtothelog:
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