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--additionalArguments

No

List of additional arguments to pass to PreInstall when run immediately after installation (only effective when the parameter –launchPreInstall is also passed).

The parameters need to be surrounded by inverted commas and a space needs to be included after the last argument, e.g. --additionalArguments “--extract_wireless_settings --force --write_domain_user reboot “

--architecture

Yes

The architecture (32 bit or 64 bit) of the PreInstall binary to use when generating the MSI package.

--autoXML

No

If active, the MSI package installation won’t require any user input/confirmation during installation, e.g. pressing the “Next” button.

--help

No

Displays the help text.

--ISOLink

No

URL to a Drive Eraser image.

--language

Yes

The language to be used in the generated MSI installer.

--launchPreInstall

No

Run PreInstall once the MSI installation completes.

--preInstallDir

No

The root directory of the PreInstall package. This argument is only necessary when running the PreInstallPackageGenerator.exe from anywhere else other than the PreInstall package root directory (where the PreInstallPackageGenerator.exe is located by default).

--restoreBootOrder

No

Restore the boot order (i.e. undo any boot changes done by previous PreInstall runs).

--wixDir

Yes

The location of the Wix installation.

Manually install PreInstall without running it

PreInstallPackageGenerator.exe --architecture win32 --language en --wixDir "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\WixEdit\\wix-3.0.5419.0"

Automatically install PreInstall

PreInstallPackageGenerator.exe --architecture win32 --autoXML --language en --wixDir "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\WixEdit\\wix-3.0.5419.0"

Automatically run and install PreInstall

PreInstallPackageGenerator.exe --architecture win32 --autoXML --language en --wixDir "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\WixEdit\\wix-3.0.5419.0" --launchPreInstall --additionalArguments "--force extract_wireless_settings --force --reboot reboot "