Create an MSI log file

logging windows-installer
Bender the Greatest picture Bender the Greatest · Aug 19, 2011 · Viewed 72.4k times · Source

I have been trying to create a log file for an issue with our installer with the following commands:

msiexec /i "installer.msi" /l*v "log.log"
msiexec /i "installer.msi" /l*v
msiexec /l*v /i "installer.msi"
msiexec /l*v "log.log" /i "installer.msi"

and several other variations of the command, but it always pops up the window that states what command line parameters are valid for msiexec. What is the correct way to have the msi file create a log? I have windows installer 4.5.

Answer

Alexey Ivanov picture Alexey Ivanov · Aug 20, 2011

The first and the last command lines are correct:

msiexec /i "installer.msi" /l*v "log.log"
msiexec /l*v "log.log" /i "installer.msi"

And you can drop quotes in this particular case.

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