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How do I make a silent installation of a MIKE product? 

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A silent installation is the ability to install a software product without any user interaction.  The silent installation is especially useful for businesses that want to deploy the application on multiple computers without needing user intervention.

MIKE product supports silent installation as well. Instead of going through the installation wizard, the application will be installed automatically by calling the installer with specific silent install parameters. 

#01 - Installing MIKE (version 2017 and onwards) with default settings
Use the following syntax when installing MIKE with default settings:
<path to installation file>\Setup.exe /v”/qn” (no user interaction, no UI)
or 
<path to installation file>\Setup.exe /v”/qr” (no user interaction, reduced UI)

#02 - Changing the installation directory
When changing the installation directory you can use the following parameters:
<path to installation file>\Setup.exe /v”INSTALLDIR=C:\MyPreferredPath /qn”

#03 - Installing additional language versions (Optional)
You can skip this step when installing the default language version - English. 
 
Installing additional language versions of MIKE+ requires the following syntax (use French as an example here): 
Setup.exe /v"ADDLOCAL=French /qn" 
Available language versions in MIKE+ are: English (default), Czech, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Spanish and Ukranian.
Installing additional language versions of MIKE Zero requires the following syntax (use French as an example here): 
Setup.exe /v"ADDLOCAL=MIKEHydro_fr_FR /qn''
 
Available language versions in MIKE ZERO (MIKE Hydro) are: English (default), Czech (cz_CZ), Chinese(ch_CN) and French.
 
#04 - License setup
If you have the DHI License Manager installed on a license server, you can use the following syntax to configure the network license during installation:
<path to installation file>\Setup.exe /v”DHILICENSEOPTIONS=network DHINETWORKSERVERNAME=MyLicenseServer /qn”
 
If you want to set up your license in single user mode (local license with a dongle), the DHI License Manager needs to be preconfigured before you install any of the product by using the following syntax:
<path to installation file>\Setup.exe /v”DHILICENSEOPTIONS=local DHINETWORKSERVERNAME=localhost /qn”
 
The next step is to import the license file. The DHI dongle needs to be plugged in:
"c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\DHI\bin\NetlmAdmin.exe" /silent /import License.dhilic2.
Where License.dhilic2 refers to the full path to your license file.
 
Once the DHI License manager is installed locally in local license mode, you can use the following syntax to set up your silent installation of your MIKE product with license:
<path to installation file>\Setup.exe /v”DHILICENSEOPTIONS=network DHINETWORKSERVERNAME=localhost /qn”
 
DHI Internet License is not currently possible to set up silently as it requires a user name and password input.
 
#05 - ArcGIS Pro (Optional)
ArcGIS Pro application can be installed silently with the following syntax:
msiexec.exe /I <path to installation files>\ArcGISPro.msi /qn ALLUSERS=1 ACCEPTEULA=YES (no UI, no user interaction)
or
msiexec.exe /I <path to installation files>\ArcGISPro.msi /qr ALLUSERS=1 ACCEPTEULA=YES (reduced UI, no user interaction)

If you are using a floating/concurrent ArcGIS license, you can use the following syntax to set up the license during a silent installation:
msiexec.exe /I <path to installation files>\ArcGISPro.msi /qn ALLUSERS=1 ACCEPTEULA=YES ESRI_LICENSE_HOST= MyESRILicenseServer SOFTWARE_CLASS=Professional AUTHORIZATION_TYPE=CONCURRENT_USE


FURTHER INFORMATION AND USEFUL LINKS

Release Notes
MIKEPlus Release Notes
MIKE 3 Release Notes
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