Silent installation by using Powershell scripting

Question

I am trying to install one client\'s software by using PowerShell silent scripting. Below is the script which I have created and its not working and throwing errors like be

Answer 1

There are several things you may want to fix in your code:

• $args is an automatic variable. Don't try to overwrite it. Use a different variable name, e.g. $params. As others have already mentioned, put the parameters in quotes when defining the array.
• Unless you have specific reasons to use Start-Process it's easier to use the call operator and splatting.
• External programs don't throw PowerShell exceptions, so using try/catch on them is pointless.
• PowerShell automatically records the exit code of an external program in the automatic variable $LastExitCode.

$installer = 'C:\Software\Software.exe'
$params = '/S', '/L1033', '-INSTALL_TYPE=PRESERVE_VERSION',
          'START_MENU=AStartMenuFolder\Software\production'

& $Installer @params
if ($LastExitCode -eq 0) {
    [Windows.MessageBox]::Show('Installation Completed Successfully')
} else {
    [Windows.MessageBox]::Show('Installation Failled')
}