[wix-users] ia an MSI without a UI unsafe?

Joel Budreau joel.budreau at gmail.com
Mon Aug 31 11:21:08 PDT 2020


Building a MSI without any UI elements is a legitimate design choice.

By default the MSI will run with ‘basic’ UI (/qb). If you want truly ’no’ UI, you’ll still need to run the install with /qn.

- Joel

> On Aug 31, 2020, at 10:10 AM, Alan Sinclair via wix-users <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
> 
> My client wants an installer which always runs in silent mode. Is there a
> downside to building an MSI which has none of the WiX UI elements?
> 
> If no UI is included, is it correct that '/qn' will not be needed to force
> a silent install?
> 
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