I've been asked to automate a large MSI installer using Powershell. This installer has tons of install options and i'm running the options one by one in the syntax shown below.
I have this setup to run all the install options, then check the logs for any failures in the logs and send me an email notification. The issue I can't solve is that if an install option fails the installer running in poweshell is throwing an error box to the UI and pausing the install. This is a problem as I need all installs to run, then assess what has failed and fix in a timely manner. Is this normal behavior or can I modify my code below to not show error messages in the UI?
#Common items
$SourceDirectory = "D:\Temp"
$LogDirectory = "D:\Temp\Script"
$FileName = Get-ChildItem -Path $SourceDirectory | Sort-Object LastAccessTime - Descending | Select-Object -First 1
$FullFileName = $SourceDirectory + "\" + $FileName
#Install option 1
$LogName = $LogDirectory + "\" +"(MSIName).log"
$Arguments = "/i ""$FullFileName"" /qn /norestart /L*V $LogName ADDLOCAL=(install options)"
Start-Process -FilePath msiexec.exe -ArgumentList $Arguments -Wait
#Install option 2
$LogName = $LogDirectory + "\" +"(MSIName).log"
$Arguments = "/i ""$FullFileName"" /qn /norestart /L*V $LogName ADDLOCAL=(install options)"
Start-Process -FilePath msiexec.exe -ArgumentList $Arguments -Wait
What am i missing here? I'm running as /qn.
