Installation options and parameters
NVivo 12 Windows
This topic includes information about command line options and other parameters that can be used when installing NVivo.
In this topic
Install options
The following options are supported:
Install Options | Description |
</package | /i> <Product.msi |
Installs or configures a product |
/a <Product.msi |
Administrative install - installs a product on the network |
</uninstall | /x> <Product.msi | |
Uninstalls the product |
Display option
The following option is supported:
Display Option | Description |
/qn |
Sets user interface level - No UI |
Logging options
The following options are supported:
Logging Options | Description |
/l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] |
i - Status messages w - Nonfatal warnings e - All error messages a - Start up of actions r - Action-specific records u - User requests c - Initial UI parameters m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information o - Out-of-disk-space messages p - Terminal properties v - Verbose output x - Extra debugging information + - Append to existing log file ! - Flush each line to the log * - Log all information, except for v and x options |
/log <LogFile |
Equivalent of /l* <LogFile |
Public properties
The following optional public properties [PROPERTY=PropertyValue] can be used:
Public property | Can be defined using... |
Installation directory (optional) |
INSTALLDIR=C:\Program |
NVivo 12 desktop shortcut (optional) |
QSR_DESKTOP_APPLICATION=1 (include) or 0 (remove) |
Allow deactivation via user interface (optional) |
QSR_UI_DEACTIVATION=1 (allow) or 0 (disallow) |
Allow automatic software update notifications (optional) |
QSR_UPDATE_NOTIFICATIONS=1 (allow) or 0 (disallow) |
Allow the NVivo application option ‘Participate in the Customer Experience Improvement Program’ (optional) |
QSR_UI_INSTRUMENTATION=1 (allow) or 0 (disallow) |
For projects stored on a network drive, specify when updates to the project are saved to the network (optional) |
QSR_NETWORK_SAVE=0 (on project close) or 1 (on project save) |
Specify the default location for project recovery files (optional). |
QSR_RECOVERY_PATH="H:\NVivo 12 Recovery" NOTE The path should be a user-specific location—this avoids project recovery files (for different users) all being saved to the same location. |
Update options
The following options are supported:
Update Option | Description |
/? |
Opens a dialog with the parameters in this table |
/qb |
Unattended installation with progress bar |
/qa |
Unattended installation with no progress bar |