Silent Installation of Microsoft Project Standard 2016

What is It?

Microsoft Project Standard 2016 lets you keep projects organised and on track. It lets you take advantage of flexible features that help you get started and make you more efficient and productive. You can easily create modern reports to measure progress and communicate project details effectively with your team and stakeholders.

The source is available for download here.

How to Install Silently?

To Install:

Step 1: Download the source from web and get the installer "setup.exe"

Step 2: Run following command:
setup.exe /config config.xml

where config.xml is one of the file stored in the same folder. You can edit the file to customize the installation as per your need, like whether you'd like to reboot post install, UI level during install, install directory etc. Here's an example:

To Uninstall:

Run following command:

"setup.exe" /uninstall prjstd /config config.xml

                where, setup.exe & config.exe are the same files used during install

Additional Notes:

• Above mentioned install/uninstall instructions are created based on MS Project Standard 2016 in a 64-bit machine.
• Ensure that MS Project Standard 2016 (WINPROJ.exe) isn't running during upgrade/uninstall of 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, which is similar to 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: {90160000-003A-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}

Above Product Code is found from the MSI available in the installer in "prjstd.ww" folder with the name "prjstdww.msi"