Maintenance Mode Command-Line Arguments

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To run the Maintenance Mode Launcher via command line, use the following command:

Change Product_Name Installation.exe

The Maintenance Mode launcher supports the following command-line options:

Maintenance Mode Command-Line Options

Option

Description

-add

Use to add features. Follow this option with a list of features that you want to add. For example:

Change MyProduct Installation.exe -add feature1 feature2

-remove

Use to remove features. Follow this option with a list of features that you want to remove. For example:

Change MyProduct Installation.exe -remove feature3 feature4

-uninstall

Use to uninstall a product.

Change MyProduct Installation.exe -uninstall

-repair

Use to repair an installed product.

Change MyProduct Installation.exe -repair

If no options are specified, then the Maintenance Mode launcher will default to the uninstall mode.

Important: All the above options are mutually exclusive of each other. Therefore, no two of the above options can be used together in a command line executing the Maintenance Mode Launcher.

Important: Maintenance Mode is not supported in silent mode. If you run the Maintenance Mode launcher in Silent mode, the launcher will uninstall the product.

Note: When running Maintenance Mode in console mode, the user cannot go back to the following console mode panels using the BACK command-line option:

1. Install/Modify Instance Console

2. Choose Instance to Modify Console

3. Choose Maintenance Option Console