What is It? 7-Zip is free software with open source . 7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio The source is ava ilab le for dow nload here . How to Install Silently? To Install: Step 1: Download the source from web and get the installer "7z1900-x64.msi" Step 2: Run following command: msiexec.exe /i "7z1900-x64.msi" MSIRMSHUTDOWN=2 /quiet /norestart where MSIRMSHUTDOWN=2 is used to suppress the killing of explorer.exe, as the taskbar restarts during the install/upgrade. To Uninstall: Run following command: msiexec.exe /x {23170F69-40C1-2702-1900-000001000000} /quiet /norestart Additional Notes: Above mentioned install/uninstall instructions are created based on 7-Zip application on a 64-bit machine. Ensure that 7-Zip (7zFM.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 onw
This blog describes some of the packaging standards. Also contains methods to silently install different applications or handling their configuration for mass deployements.