The following properties are defined by the Microsoft
Windows Installer. You can specify additional properties by authored data or
custom actions. Properties whose names are entirely uppercase can be specified
on the command line. For example:
The following list provides more information about the component
locations properties.
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| ADDLOCAL | List of features to be installed locally. |
| ADVERTISE | List of features to be advertised. |
| ADDDEFAULT | List of features to be installed in their default
configuration. |
| ADDSOURCE | List of features to be run from source. |
| REMOVE | List of features to be removed. |
| REINSTALL | List of features to be reinstalled. |
| REINSTALLMODE | A string containing letters that specify the type of
reinstallation to perform. |
| COMPADDLOCAL | List of component IDs to be installed locally. |
| COMPADDSOURCE | List of component IDs to run from source media. |
| FILEADDLOCAL | List of file keys to be run locally. |
| FILEADDSOURCE | List of file keys to be run from the source media. |
The following list provides more information about other
configurable properties.
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| ACTION | Initial action called after the installer is initialized.
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| ALLUSERS | Determines where configuration information is stored. |
| ARPAUTHORIZEDCDFPREFIX | Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the update channel for the
program. |
| ARPCOMMENTS | |
| ARPCONTACT | |
| ARPINSTALLLOCATION | Fully qualified path to the program's primary folder. |
| ARPNOREPAIR | Disables the Repair button in the Programs Wizard. |
| ARPREADME | |
| ARPSIZE | Estimated size of the program in kilobytes. |
| ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT | Prevents the program from being displayed in the Add/Remove
Programs tool list. |
| ARPURLINFOABOUT | URL for program's home page. |
| ARPURLUPDATEINFO | URL for program update information. |
| ARPNOMODIFY | Disables functionality that modifies the product. |
| ARPNOREMOVE | Disables functionality that removes the product. |
| AVAILABLEFREEREG | Registry space (in kilobytes) required by the program. Used by
AllocateRegistrySpace action. |
| CCP_DRIVE | The root path for any of the qualifying products for CCP. |
| DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS | Set to disable the generation certain shortcuts supporting
install-on-demand. |
| DISABLEROLLBACK | Disables rollback for the current configuration. |
| EXECUTEACTION | Top-level action initiated by the ExecuteAction action. |
| EXECUTEMODE | Mode of execution performed by the installer. |
| INSTALLLEVEL | Initial "level" at which features are installed. |
| LOGACTION | List of action names that are logged. |
| PRIVILEGED | Runs an installation with elevated privileges. |
| PROMPTROLLBACKCOST | Action if there is insufficient disk space for the
installation. |
| PRIMARYFOLDER | Allows the author to designate a "primary" folder for the
installation. Used to determine the values for the PrimaryVolumePath,
PrimaryVolumeSpaceAvailable, PrimaryVolumeSpaceRequired, and
PrimaryVolumeSpaceRemaining properties. |
| REBOOT | Force or suppress rebooting. |
| ROOTDRIVE | Default drive for the installation. |
| SEQUENCE | A table having the sequence table schema. |
| SHORTFILENAMES | Causes short file names to be used. |
| TRANSFORMS | List of transforms to be applied to the database. |
| TRANSFORMSATSOURCE NOTE: In Windows Installer 1.1 (Native with
Windows 2000) this property is the same as TRANSFORMSSECURE. | Informs the installer that the transforms for the product
reside at the source. |
| LIMITUI | User interface (UI) level capped as Basic. |
| DEFAULTUIFONT | Default font style used for controls. |