Silent Installation of VLC Media Player 2.2.6

What is It?

VLC Media Player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

The source is available for download here.

How to Install Silently?

To Install:

Step 1: Download the source from web and get the installer "vlc-2.2.6-win64.exe"

Step 2: Run following command:
vlc-2.2.6-win64.exe /L=1033 /S

                /S: for silent installation
                /L: for language selection
                put /L=1033 if your preferred language is English - US

Note: It also creates a desktop shortcut. Get a script to remove it, if required.

To Uninstall:

Run following command:

"%ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe" /S /norestart

                /S: for silent installation
                /norestart: to suppress any restart prompts

Additional Notes:

• Above mentioned install/uninstall instructions are created based on version 2.2.6 of VLC Media Player in 64-bit machine.
• Ensure that VLC Media Player (vlc.exe) isn't running when installing the application, to avoid any data loss.

Note: This can be taken care by a new feature introduced from SCCM 1702 onwards. "Install Behavior" option under "Deployment Method" enables process kill before install process executes. So, people using SCCM latest version, can use this feature rather than Taskkill in Windows.

• Command executions are based on SCCM platform or used with tools like PsExec, to make them run in System Context only.
• Suggested detection Method in SCCM:

Setting Type: Windows Installer
Product Code: {48F51D96-6216-47E6-A8E8-1A4EF27AFDCC}
MSI Property: Version
Operator: Equals
Value: 2.4.0.2