Installing ProjectWise Explorer from a Command Prompt (silent install)

You can install ProjectWise Explorer silently from a command prompt instead of using the installation wizard.

The basic silent installation command (without any extra instructions) installs the default feature set to the default installation location, just like the installation wizard would. With additional instructions you can customize which features get installed, change the default installation location, or change the location of the log file. You can also silently uninstall ProjectWise Explorer from the command prompt.

When you install ProjectWise Explorer using the wizard, many features are selected to be installed by default. When you install ProjectWise Explorer silently from a command prompt using the basic installation command, these same features will be installed by default.

For example:

"C:\PW_installs\Setup_ProjectWise_Explorerx64_10.00.03.270.exe" -silent

To find out which features you can include in your installation, open a command prompt with elevated privileges (run as administrator) and then enter the following command:

"C:\PW_installs\Setup_ProjectWise_Explorerx64_10.00.03.270.exe" ExportCliArgs=C:\PW_installs\FeatureIDTree.txt

This creates a file called FeatureIDTree.txt in the specified folder which contains a list of all the features and delivered integration modules that can potentially be installed through the ProjectWise Explorer installer. Open this file in a text editor and review which features you want to include in your installation command. Items with an asterisk * next to them (for example, ProjectWiseExplorerPackage*) are required features that will always be installed and therefore do not need to be specified in the command.

Use the ADDLOCAL property in your installation command if you need to install a custom set of features (that is, a different set of features than are normally installed when using the basic installation command). When specifying which features to install, you must separate each feature by a comma. Any feature that is not explicitly specified after the ADDLOCAL property will not be installed, even if that feature is normally installed by default when using the basic installation command.

If you specify to install a feature that has subfeatures and you want to exclude (not install) one of the subfeatures, then you must also use the REMOVE property to specify which subfeature you do not want to install.

For example:

"C:\PW_installs\Setup_ProjectWise_Explorerx64_10.00.03.270.exe" 
ADDLOCAL=ProjectWiseExplorerPackage_DocumentCreationWizard,
ProjectWiseExplorerPackage_WorkflowRulesEngine,
DgnNavigatorControlAx,
Office2016
REMOVE=Office2016_PROJECT_2016_X64 -silent

This command installs ProjectWise Explorer, the Document Creation Wizard, the Workflow Rules Engine, the DGN Navigator Control, and integration for all installed Office 365 (2019/2016) applications except for 64-bit Microsoft Project.

Tip: You can always test your installation configuration by running your custom command without the -silent argument. This will open the installation wizard and show which features your command has turned on or off, on the Select feature to install page. If this page shows what you are expecting, then you can assume that running the same command with the -silent argument will install everything you instructed it to install.

Use the following command to change the default installation locations:

"C:\PW_installs\Setup_ProjectWise_Explorerx64_10.00.03.270.exe" 
PWE_INSTALLDIR="C:\ProjectWise\ProjectWise Explorer (x86)" 
PWE_INSTALLDIR64="C:\ProjectWise\ProjectWise Explorer (x64)" -silent

Note: You will not be able to change the default installation locations if another application from this release is already installed.

Use the following command to change the location of the log file:

"C:\PW_installs\Setup_ProjectWise_Explorerx64_10.00.03.270.exe" -log "C:\PW_installs\pweinstall.log" -silent

If you do not specify a location for the log file (that is, if you do not add the -log argument to the command), the installation log file will be saved by default to C:\Users\<user.name>\AppData\Local\Temp\ProjectWise_Explorer_CONNECT_Edition_<datetime>.log.

Use the following command to uninstall ProjectWise Explorer silently:

"C:\PW_installs\Setup_ProjectWise_Explorerx64_10.00.03.270.exe" -uninstall -silent