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Hi VBox users,

I am about to pull my hair out trying to get this working.

Scenario: I want to do a silent install for VBOX.

Silent install commands: MSIEXEC /i C:\VBox\VirtualBox-4.2.0-r80737-MultiArch_x86.msi ADDLOCAL=VBoxApplication ADDLOCAL=VBoxUSB ADDLOCAL=VBoxNetworkFlt ADDLOCAL=VBoxNetworkAdp ADDLOCAL=VBoxPython /quiet /norestart

Result: It installed but has errors of not being able to find the network adapter and failed to access the USB subsystem.

If I do manual install w/o a restart, everything works.

Can someone point me in the right direction of what I am doing wrong? And is there another silent installation command that can avoid the driver signing which I know the above command can but then it comes up with errors.

Many thanks.

Does anyone know of a possible solution on why the switches might not be working as expected?
Or if there is a way to avoid the prompt for driver signing and bypassing it for a smooth install?

Advise greatly appreciated.

Just for anyone that runs across this on Google.

When using the MSI, put all default MSI options up front, so /i PATH_TO_MSI /qn (quiet) /norestart (or forcerestart) and then add the ADDLOCAL options AFTER. You can also pass in all the ADDLOCAL commands as a comma separated list.

You also don't appear to need to pass in a /norestart if you are using the --silent switch with the EXE and to pass options to the MSI when using the .exe you can use -msiparams ADDLOCAL=VBoxApplication,VBoxEtc -msiparams ALLUSERS=1. (The repeated -msiparams is required for EACH separate option specified.)