Run application after silent install using command line in Installshield

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I created a setup.exe for my project using Install-shield Limited for visual studio 2015. I was able to run it silently with this command line:

Setup.exe /s /v/qb

It works fine. Now I want to run the installed application after completing the installation. How can I do it?

(I prefer to add something to the above command-line to do this).

EDIT: There is another question like mine. That question wants to run application after installation too. but my question is to run after silent installation (using command-line) and the other question is to run after a normal installation by user. I tried the answers of that question before and they don't work in my case.

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Possible duplicate of Run solution exe after installation using installshield - Roman Marusyk
@MegaTron No. it's not. I want to run installed app after silent installation (using command-line). The question you mentioned is about installing by user not by command-line. - Mahdi Ataollahi
Are you trying to modify the installation project to enable this, or to do it at the command prompt? If the latter, the tags are all wrong, and something like setup.exe /s /v/qb & "C:\Program Files (x86)\Company\Product\program.exe" should do the trick. - Michael Urman

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Thank you to @Michael-Urman I found the answer:

I should use the batch command executing. You can execute more than one command by using & symbol (or &&).

But I need to run setup first completely then run the program. So I used start /wait command.

The final command was this:

start /wait setup.exe /w /s /v/qb && "C:\Program Files (x86)\Company\Product\program.exe"

/wait suspends cmd until setup finishes then runs next command.

/w keeps setup.exe alive until msi package installs successfully.

/s installs the program silently and /v passes arguments to msi installer (see documentation).

/qb shows basic UI of msi installer. (see documentation).

&& (in comparison with &) runs 2nd command if 1st command runs successfully.