Start-Process MSIEXEC

[king13p]

Hello, I'm working on a Powershell script to install Autodesk products. 

I'm having issues with a step and hopefully someone can help. 

I've tried this many different ways and keep running into errors.

Using double quotes

(Start-Process "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList ""/i $dirFiles\ABDS2017\Img\x64\RVT\RVT.msi INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\Autodesk\" ADSK_SETUP_EXE=1 /qb!"" -NoNewWindow -Wait -PassThru).ExitCode

Error Cannot validate argument on parameter 'ArgumentList' Argument is null or empty.

Using a variable to define InstallDir

        $RevitInstallDir = "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\"
        (Start-Process "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList "/i $dirFiles\ABDS2017\Img\x64\RVT\RVT.msi INSTALLDIR=$RevitInstallDir ADSK_SETUP_EXE=1 /qb!" -NoNewWindow -Wait -PassThru).ExitCode

Doing this I get the msiexec /option Required Parameter error.

Tried this also, Single Quotes with Quotes on Path

(Start-Process "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList "/i $dirFiles\ABDS2017\Img\x64\RVT\RVT.msi INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\Autodesk\" ADSK_SETUP_EXE=1 /qb!" -NoNewWindow -Wait -PassThru).ExitCode

I receive A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument C:\Program

Using single quotes on InstallDir

(Start-Process "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList "/i $dirFiles\ABDS2017\Img\x64\RVT\RVT.msi INSTALLDIR='C:\Program Files\Autodesk\' ADSK_SETUP_EXE=1 /qb!" -NoNewWindow -Wait -PassThru).ExitCode

Doing this I get the msiexec /option Required Parameter error.

Using single quotes on the outside

(Start-Process "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList '/i $dirFiles\ABDS2017\Img\x64\RVT\RVT.msi INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\Autodesk\" ADSK_SETUP_EXE=1 /qb!' -NoNewWindow -Wait -PassThru).ExitCode

If I do this, it prevents the $dirFiles variable from working. 

 

The reason I'm using Start-Process is because I have many installers one after the other and I want one installer to wait till the one before it finishes. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks

[tsfahmed2]

I know this is really old but i thought i'd get this anyway.

I like to split things up (makes things easier to write and troubleshoot)
Also use arrays for arguments to msiexec.so, for your install line--

$RevitInstallDir = "$env:ProgramFiles\Autodesk\"
$msifile = "$dirFiles\ABDS2017\Img\x64\RVT\RVT.msi"
$installdirargs = "INSTALLDIR" + "$RevitInstallDir"
$autodeskargs = @(
	"/i"
	"`"$msifile"`"
	"`"installdiragrs`""
	"ADSK_SETP_EXE=1"
	"/qb!"
)

$installcommand = start-process msiexec.exe -ArgumentList $autodeskargs -wait -PassThru

#to get the exitcode do --- $installcommand.ExitCode