I was referring to the documentation that I got from the developer of the 
executable.

The correct switches are:

['/S', '/v/qn'],



On Friday, December 12, 2014 6:46:14 PM UTC+1, Josh Cooper wrote:
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 8:59 AM, cko <der...@gmail.com <javascript:>> 
> wrote:
>
>> It turned out that it was a small typo in the documentation of the .exe 
>> file.
>>
>> I resolved this issue by simply providing the correct switches to the 
>> install_options parameter.
>>
>
> Can you provide details about what was wrong with the documentation, and 
> what the correct switches were?
>
> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Friday, December 12, 2014 5:50:06 PM UTC+1, Rob Reynolds wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 5:23 AM, cko <der...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to get the following manifest to work on a Windows Server 
>>>> 2008R2 node:
>>>>
>>>> *package { 'signotec WinUSB':*
>>>> * ensure           => '1.0.4',*
>>>> * source           => "E:/signotec_WinUSB_1.0.4_64Bit.exe",*
>>>> * install_options  => ['/S', '/vn'],*
>>>> *}*
>>>>
>>>> Running 'puppet agent -t --debug' shows that the following command is 
>>>> executed:
>>>>
>>>> *Debug: Executing 'cmd.exe /c start "puppet-install" /w 
>>>> E:\signotec_WinUSB_1.0.4_64Bit.exe /S /vn'*
>>>>
>>>> About a second later, the MSI help pops up ( 
>>>> http://i.imgur.com/PpW5zVB.png ).
>>>>
>>>> When i manually run the command "*E:\signotec_WinUSB_1.0.4_64Bit.exe 
>>>> /S /vn"* the package Installation works as expected.
>>>>
>>>> Note that the /S /vn switches are mandatory with this particular 
>>>> package to perform a silent installation.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What Puppet actually does is probably something like this:
>>>>
>>>> *msiexec.exe /qn /norestart /i E:/signotec_WinUSB_1.0.4_64Bit.exe /S 
>>>> /vn*
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Unlikely. Have you tried running the full command that Puppet is 
>>> reporting that it is running?
>>>
>>> *cmd.exe /c start "puppet-install" /w E:\signotec_WinUSB_1.0.4_64Bit.exe 
>>> /S /vn*
>>>  
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Which fails because the past two parameters are not supported my 
>>>> msiexec.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas how to work around this issue?
>>>>
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