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| Preinstall - All versions | N/A |
Blancco PreInstall (MSI) package is created by using a WixE Edit software to "combine" the Blancco MSI installer content with an Blancco Erasure Software ISO image (Blancco Drive Eraser or Blancco 5).
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Parameter | Mandatory | Description |
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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. |
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Use case | Command |
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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 " |
Note: Running a 64 bit version of PreInstall from an MSI package isn’t currently supported.
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