Silent Installation of FARO Software
Overview
In order to install software onto multiple machines, or at more convenient times, a batch file can be created to perform a silent installation (or uninstall where applicable). Included below is syntax information to help with the creation of these files. Only the software products listed below support silent installation.
Note: All installers must be started with Windows Admin permissions
FARO Zone
Prerequisites
FARO Zone installation requires the following prerequisites. All of the prerequisites listed below can be downloaded in a single .zip file at: https://farozonewebsupport.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/FZ2024_Prerequisites.zip
Note: Licensing is provided by / with FARO InTouch, see Licensing Manager below.
Command line syntax:
#c++ redist 2015-2022
VC_redist.x64_2015_2022.exe /q
#Microsoft .NET 6.0.25
windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.25-win-x64.exe /install /quiet /norestart
#MicrosoftEdgeWebView
MicrosoftEdgeWebView2RuntimeInstallerX64.exe /silent /install
FARO PDF Printer driver (optional)
FARO_PDF2018_Pro.exe /auto
FARO Zone 2D Installation
FZ2x64_18_3_1004.exe /s /v/qn
(note the ‘space’ between “/s” and “/v/qn”)
FARO Zone 3D Installation
FZ3_18_3_1004.exe /silent
SCENE
Install
SCENE_2021.3.0.8238_Setup.exe /SP- /SILENT /NORESTART
- You can use /VERYSILENT to suppress the progress dialog during installation. See https://jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=setupcmdline for additional settings.
- For disabling the automatic update check you can add the additional argument /MERGETASKS="!updateCheckerTask". This deselects the option during installation.
- To avoid the question for the opt in to the user experience program, set the registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\FARO\SCENE\Settings\9.3\SendUsageData to 0 (after the installation). This key is specific to every user and every SCENE version. There is no machine-wide setting.
Uninstall
C:\Program Files\FARO\SCENE\unins000.exe can be run with the /SILENT or /VERYSILENT flags (source and documentation for those flags can be found at: https://jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=uninstcmdline)
As-Built for AutoCAD and As-Built for Revit
These installers try to install the FARO License Manager during the installation sequence, previously this prevented the ability to suppress all windows. An additional option “/SKIPLM” has been implemented for As-Built for AutoCAD and As-Built for Revit to skip the installation of the FARO License Manager.
However, As-Built will not function without the FARO License Manager and FARO License Service installed. Therefore, please first install FARO InTouch full bundle or the FARO Licensing Manager with the option “-q” as described in the InTouch section below.
Afterward, start the As-Built installer by using the command line switches "/verysilent /norestart /SKIPLM".
Example: As-Built_2024.0_for_AutoCAD_setup.exe /verysilent /norestart /skiplm
BuildIT
“path/of/the/installer.exe” /s /v/qn
(note the ‘space’ between “/s” and “/v/qn”)
InTouch
- Silent mode is supported only for clean installations. To enable it, add the parameter “-q” or “--quiet" in a command line
- If the installer is run when a version of the software is already installed, the installation window will be shown. In this case running the installer with “-q” or “--quiet" the setup will return error code 18
- For the full uninstallation of InTouch and all applications installed through it:
- Make a copy of the folder: " C:\ProgramData\FARO Technologies\InTouch\Applications\InTouch\1.6.0\intouch.fulluninstallerapp " to a temporary location, such as the Desktop.
- Run (as administrator): " InTouch.FullUninstallerApp.exe -q " from the copied folder.
- Silent installations will not reboot automatically if there is a pending windows update for example, so in that case the installation will fail. In order to proceed with the silent installation and allow the automatic reboot if needed the following argument must be passed: " -r " or " --rebootIfNeeded "
InTouch
"[2.4.2] InTouch Full bundle installer.exe" -q
CAM2
"2023.11_[11.79.100] CAM2 Full bundle installer.exe" -q
CAM2 RPM
"2023.11_[1.75.0] RPM Full bundle installer.exe" -q
CAM2 SmartInspect
"[1.4.22] CAM2 SmartInspect Full bundle installer.exe" -q
RevEng
"[2022.3.9] RevEng Full bundle installer.exe" -q