Question

Am creating a windows application and I want to install Outlook 2010 in silent mode using C# code. And what are the arguments we need to pass to it and how pass the KEY for activation as well.

All this has to be done in C# (something like below code)

     Process process = new Process();   
     process.StartInfo.FileName = "msiexec.exe";   
     process.StartInfo.Arguments = "";   
     process.Start();   
     process.WaitForExit();

Please let me know your suggestions.

Thanks,

Alex

Answer 1

I have created a config file for Outlook installation as mentioned in the below link,

http://technet.microsoft.com/library/e16af71c-fed4-40da-a886-95e596c3999e(Office.14).aspx#ElementPIDKey

I have passed the config file to the arguments,

     Process process = new Process();
     process.StartInfo.FileName = @"C:\temp\Setup.exe";
     process.StartInfo.Arguments = @"/config \\C:\temp\config.xml";
     process.Start();
     process.WaitForExit();