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Chapter 2 Installing and Upgrading VMware Workstation

To install Workstation silently

1Openacommandpromptandenterthefollowingcommandtosilently extractthe

administrativeinstallationimagefromtheVMwareWorkstationinstaller:

setup.exe /s /e <install_temp_path>

setup.exeisthenameoftheinstallerontheinstallationmedia.Ifyouareusinga

downloadedinstaller,thefilenameissimilarto

VMwareWorkstation-<xxxx>.exe,where<xxxx>isaseriesofnumbers

representingtheversionandbuildnumbers.

<install_temp_path>isthefullpathtothefolderwhereyouwanttostorethe

administrativ

einstallationimage.

2Enterthefollowingcommandononelinetorunasilentinstallationusingmsiexec

andtheadministrativeinstallationimageyouextractedinthepreviousstep:

msiexec -i "<install_temp_path>\VMware Workstation.msi"

[INSTALLDIR="<path_to_program_directory>"] ADDLOCAL=ALL

[REMOVE=<feature_name,feature_name>] /qn

ToinstallWorkstationinalocationotherthanthedefault,changethepaththat

followsINSTALLDIR=tospecifythelocation.

UsetheoptionalREMOVE=<property>toskipinstallationofcertainfeatures.

The REMOVE=<property>settingcantakeoneormoreofthevalueslistedin

Table 2‐1.

Ifyouspecifymorethanonevalue,us

eacommatoseparatetheva

lues.

For example,REMOVE=Authd,NAT.

IfyouspecifyREMOVE=Network,theinstallerskipsinstallationofcertain

networkingcomponents,includingNATandDHCP.Youdonotneedtospecify

DHCPorNATseparately.

Table 2-1. Values for the REMOVE Property

Value Description

Authd VMwareauthorizationservice,whichisusedtoperformtaskswhenyouare

notrunningWorkstationasanAdminist ratoruser.

Network Networkingcomponents,includingthevirtualbridgeandthehostadapters

forhost‐onlynetworkingandNATnetworking.Donotremovethis

componentifyouwanttouseNATorDHCP.

DHCP VirtualDHCPser

ver.

NAT Vir

tualNATdevice.

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