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Install the software in silent mode on an unmanaged system

  • Published on Sep 8, 2026
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When you install in silent mode, no messages are displayed. Instead, a log file captures installation information. You can review the log file and determine the installation results.

  1. Log on to the system with administrator rights.

  2. Verify that the installer is available.

  3. Open a command window and run one of these commands.

    <installer-file> /s /v" /qn SERIALNUMBER=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx"

    <installer-file> /s /v" /qn UNLICVER=1"

    Notice the double quotes (") after /v and space between /s and /v. There is no space between /v and double quotes ("). In addition to the SERIALNUMBER or UNLICVER arguments, you can optionally specify one or more of these arguments with the command.

    Argument

    Description

    SERIALNUMBER

    Specify the license key for the installation.

    <installer-file> /s /v" /qn SERIALNUMBER=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx"

    UNLICVER

    Install the software without specifying the license key. Possible values for this argument are 0 and 1. A value of 1 indicates that you are installing the software without using the license key.

    <installer-file> /s /v" /qn UNLICVER=1"

    SHORTCUT

    Create a desktop shortcut to access the command-line tool. Possible values for this argument are 0 and 1. Specify a value of 1 to create the shortcut and 0 to skip the shortcut creation.

    <installer-file> /s /v" /qn UNLICVER=1 SHORTCUT=1"

    POSTINSTALL

    Specify a file to perform post-installation configuration on the system. To specify file paths that contain spaces, enclose the paths in double quotes (").

    <installer-file> /s /v" /qn UNLICVER=1 POSTINSTALL=\"C:\\My Dir\\batch.exe\""

    INSTALLDIR

    Install the software at a user-specified location. With this argument, you can specify a folder path of up to 240 characters (total string length including special characters).

    <installer-file> /s /v" /qn SERIALNUMBER=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx INSTALLDIR=\"C:\\My Dir\\McAfee\\Solidcore\""

    /l+*v

    Change the default location of the Solidcore_Installer.log file. By default, this file is placed in the SYSTEMROOT directory.

    <installer-file> /s /v" /qn UNLICVER=1 /l+*v \"C:\\Solidcore_Installer.log\""

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