Custom installation using msiexec.exe on Windows

Overview

Ansys Lumerical custom installation uses Windows' "MsiExec.exe".  This process installs the Ansys Lumerical simulation suite. This will not install the Ansys Optics Launcher and MPI. 

Silent installation

1. Download the Ansys Optics installation package from the Ansys Customer Portal - Downloads or Ansys Optics Downloads page.
2. Extract the installation files.
3. Open a Windows command prompt "as Administrator".
4. Change the directory to the location of the extracted "Lumerical Suite" installation folder.
5. Run "msiexec.exe" to install the "lumerical_data.msi" file. 
    Example: Lumerical [[ver]], is saved in the "Users" Downloads folder.

   cd %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\Lumerical_Suite\
   msiexec.exe /i "lumerical_data.msi" /q /norestart

msiexec.exe

"MsiExec.exe" is the executable program of the Windows Installer used to interpret MSI and MSP installation packages and install products on target systems.

To see more msiexec options:

msiexec.exe /h
msiexec.exe /?

See also

msiexec command line options  

msiexec standard installer options