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The document provides instructions for using DPInst.exe, a tool for installing and uninstalling driver packages on Windows systems. It details various command-line options for silent installation, legacy mode, and hardware scanning, among others. Additionally, it mentions log files for tracking installation and uninstallation activities.

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silentinstallnotes

The document provides instructions for using DPInst.exe, a tool for installing and uninstalling driver packages on Windows systems. It details various command-line options for silent installation, legacy mode, and hardware scanning, among others. Additionally, it mentions log files for tracking installation and uninstallation activities.

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Miguel Eduardo Castillo Blanco
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NOTES

see preinstall.bat for script in the win64 or win32 directory:

DPINST.log has log of system activities

preinstallremove.bat (windows 7 setupapi.app.log) (win XP setupapi.log) will also


log uninstall activities

Usage: DPInst.exe [/U INF-file][/S | /Q][/LM][/P][/F][/SH][/SA][/A][/PATH


Path][/EL][/L LanguageID][/C][/D][/LogTitle Title][/SW][/? | /h | /help]

/U path to INF file


Uninstall a driver package (INF-file).
/S | /Q Silent (Quiet) mode. Suppresses the Device Installation
Wizard and any dialogs popped-up by the operating system.
/LM Legacy mode. Accepts unsigned driver packages and packages with
missing files. These packages won't install on the latest
version of Windows.
/P Prompt if the driver package to be installed is not better
than the current one.
/F Force install inf the driver package is not better than the
current one.
/SH Scans hardware for matching devices and only copies and installs
those drivers for which a device is present. Only valid for
Plug and Play drivers.
/SA Suppress the Add/Remove Programs entry normally created for
each driver package.
/A Install all or none.
/PATH Path
Search for driver packages under the given path.
/EL Enables all languages not explicitly listed in the XML file.
/L LanguageID
Tries to use the given language in all UI.
Useful for localization tests.
/SE Suppress the EULA.
/C Dump logging output to attached Console (Windows XP and above).
/D Delete driver binaries on uninstall.
/SW Suppresses the Device Installation Wizard, the operating system
might still pop-up user dialogs.
/? | /h | /help
Shows this help.

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