How to avoid the program help dialog when Use process.Start() to start a process and found the argument is not correct?

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Process process = new Process();
process.StartInfo.FileName = "msiexec.exe";

process.StartInfo.Arguments = string.Format=(@"/i E:\My Steup Files\Installer.msi {0}", config.parameter);

process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = true;
process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
process.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = false;
process.Start();
process.WaitForExit();

when I using the above code to start a process, if the paramters(get from a configuration file) is not correct, the windows installer help dialog will pop up.
How could I config the startInfo to avoid this dialog and just let the code fail when the argument is not correct?

Posted 4-Dec-11 20:32pm

sesha Fan

Updated 4-Dec-11 20:48pm

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Solution 1

To install MSI files silently use the /quiet command line.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa372024%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^]

Posted 4-Dec-11 20:41pm

Mehdi Gholam

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sesha Fan 5-Dec-11 2:50am

I mean when the argument is not correct, how to avoid the windows installer help dialog? Or how can I know the argument is not correct according the return value?Because the argument is configed by other people.

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sesha Fan · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-07T18:46:00

solved code:

C#

Process process = new Process();
process.StartInfo.FileName = "msiexec.exe";
 
process.StartInfo.Arguments = string.Format=(@"/i E:\My Steup Files\Installer.msi {0}", config.parameter);
 
process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = true;
process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
process.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = false;
process.Start();
process.WaitForExit(100*1000);

if((process.HasExit && process.ExitCode != 0) || !process.HasExit)
{
   return error; // Code fails here, you can throw expection.
}

if(process != null && !process.HasExit)
{
    process.CloseMainWindow();
    process.Close();
}