Silently Installing QuickBooks 2008
I have provided two sample batch files for silently installing QuickBooks 2008. In order to determine the variable names and values for a QuickBooks 2008 installation I used Microsoft's Orca tool which comes with the Windows SDK Components for Windows Installer Developers kit. The first batch file called install.bat installs QuickBooks 2008 on the local machine. You will have to edit this file to provide your own License and Products numbers for the installation. The second file is called deploy.exe and it uses psexec.exe to deploy the application to a remote machine on your network. If you want to do remote deployments, you will have to edit this file to provide your own network credentials.
Download the Unattended Installation Script for QuickBooks 2008
Download Remote deployment script for QuickBooks 2008
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August 11th, 2008 - 20:34
Thank you for making this available. If I run the unattended, it only partially installs – but no error messages.
Database manager installs, but QB doesn’t. The files are copied over, but it doesn’t show up in Add/Remove, and if I run the executable, it errors and instructs me to do a repair.
If I run the same msi, and manually put in the same options, it installs fine.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Les
February 23rd, 2009 - 13:18
I’m running into the same problem as Les.
I’m trying to install Quickbooks 2009 Accounting Edition. When I do a comparison of what the install.bat installs and what a regular install put in I get a difference of 43 items. Any thoughts?
March 4th, 2009 - 14:20
You have To call the MSI with /QN otherwise quickbooks will not install unless you mess around in the MSI script. However you will likely have problems with apps once it installs… specifically ISW.
March 6th, 2009 - 11:45
The only way I have been able to do this is by using the setup.exe, not the msi.
“setup.exe” /s /v CKBOX_GDS=0 AgreeToLicense=Yes MULTIUSERINSTALL=1 QB_LICENSENUM=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxx QB_PRODUCTNUM=xxx-xxx /qn
I use AutoIT with LanDesk to deploy. If you packaged this using autoit, you can use a ZAP file to deploy via GPO I believe.
May 8th, 2009 - 18:17
For Richards install method, approximately how long does this install take to complete? I run this and the computer thinks for a bit and then appears to do nothing (which is obviously what a silent install does), but I am unable to tell when it is completed. I watched task manager and the msiexec was up for a bit and then stopped running, but nothing else appears to be going. Thoughts?
May 8th, 2009 - 18:18
For Richards install method, approximately how long does this install take to complete? I run this and the computer thinks for a bit and then appears to do nothing (which is obviously what a silent install does), but I am unable to tell when it is completed. I watched task manager and the msiexec was up for a bit and then stopped running, but nothing else appears to be going. I let it sit for bout 5 min but the program still fails when run. Thoughts?