Cadence OrCAD and Allegro 17.4-2019 Installation Guide for Windows
Performing Silent Installations
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\setup.exe !quiet=\<.ini file>.
Note: Similar to uninstalling the other installed products, as described in Performing
Maintenance in the Silent Mode on page 47, specify OnMaintenance = REMOVEALL in the
[state] section to remove installed libraries.
Performing Maintenance in the Silent Mode
You might perform maintenance installation:
■ To incrementally add new products: In this, the specified products are added to the
existing installation. The installation of third party products is optional, except the
following in case of installing Capture CIS or Design Entry HDL CIS for the first time:
Crystal Reports and .NET Framework,
■ To repair an existing installation: The installer will update the registry settings and
environmental variables.
Note: In addition, you can also perform maintenance to remove or rollback installation.
In case of updating a release for a HotFix or performing a rollback, you use the two
variables, Rollback and IsrBackup. Refer to Updating the Products on page 57 for
more details.
To perform unattended maintenance installation:
1. Navigate to the silentinstall-SPB.ini file template from the Disk1\Documents
folder in the Windows DVD image.
2. Edit the following in the template:
❑ OnMaintenance: Specify whether you want to modify
(OnMaintenance=MODIFY), repair (OnMaintenance=REPAIR), or remove
(OnMaintenance=REMOVEALL) the existing installation.
❑ UPDATE_VC_REDIST: Specify Y if you want to update Microsoft Visual C++
Redistributable.
❑ CONFIGURE_FIREWALL: Specify Y if you want to create firewall entries.
3. Update the Features section by removing the comments (;) if you want to
incrementally add new products.
4. Save the .ini file.
5. In the Run dialog box, type the following and then click OK:
\Disk1\setup.exe !quiet=/silentinstall-SPB.ini
