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Silent install using the English US language This gives the below examples (for the purpose of this blog I will call the EXE file pbi.exe):
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Restart management (if needed): –norestart or –forcerestart or –promptrestart (this is the default behaviour)Īnd there are the tricky ones –as you need to provide the variable name and the value (either 0, aka disabled or 1, aka enabled) – as the previous ones (especially in silent mode) are not sufficient – the below ones are mandatory:.Passive install (or display a progress bar only): –passive NOTE based on my testing I would not recommend this one for the moment as it shows up as if the application was unresponsive and does not really display a proper progress bar.Silent install: –q or –quiet or –s or –silent.Here are the command lines to install, uninstall or repair the Power BI Desktop installation when using the EXE file: Well, I got you covered – well only for the most used/common/obvious parameters If you are managing application deployment (by using SCCM or Intune), this move is quite annoying.
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As announced few weeks back (see ), the Power BI Desktop MSI package has been removed and replaced by an single EXE file available at.