Silent Installation of FARO Software

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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

InTouch and Related FARO Applications

  • 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
    SilentInstall-IntouchInstaller.png
  • For the full uninstallation of InTouch and all applications installed through it:
  1. 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.
  2. 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

"[XX.XX.XX] InTouch Full bundle installer.exe" -q

Licensing Manager

"[XX.XX.XX] Licensing Manager Full bundle installer.exe" -q

CAM2

"XXXX.XX_[XX] CAM2 Full bundle installer.exe" -q

CAM2 RPM

"XXXX.XX_[XX] RPM Full bundle installer.exe" -q

CAM2 SmartInspect

"[XX.XX.XX] CAM2 SmartInspect Full bundle installer.exe" -q

FARO Zone 2D/3D

"[XX.X.XXX] FARO Zone 2D Full bundle installer.exe" -q
"[XX.X.XXX] FARO Zone 3D Full bundle installer.exe" -q
 

Note: The FARO Zone 3D Full bundle installer is supplied as an .ISO file. The .ISO file must be "mounted" before installation is attempted.

FARO PDF Printer driver (optional) - Download
FARO_PDF2018_Pro.exe /auto

RevEng

"[XXXX.X.X] RevEng Full bundle installer.exe" -q

 

SCENE

Install

SCENE_XXXX.X.X.XXXXX_Setup_SFX.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 above.

Afterward, start the As-Built installer by using the command line switches "/verysilent /norestart /SKIPLM". 

Example: As-Built_XXXX.X_for_AutoCAD_setup.exe /verysilent /norestart /skiplm

BuildIT

“path/of/the/installer.exe” /s /v/qn
(note the ‘space’ between “/s” and “/v/qn”)

FARO Zone - Legacy Versions

The following applies to FARO Zone versions not bundled with InTouch.

  • FARO Zone 2D - Versions 2025.4.0421 and earlier
  • FARO Zone 3D - Versions 2025.7.0707 and earlier

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 above.

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

FZ2_XX_X_XXXX.exe /s /v/qn
(note the ‘space’ between “/s” and “/v/qn”)

FARO Zone 3D Installation

FZ3_XX_X_XXXX.exe /silent