Objective:

This article explains how to install the nTop MSI using the Command Prompt. Command prompt installs are useful to organizations requiring IT professionals or System administrators to deploy software. Command prompt installs can enable logging, which may be useful for troubleshooting.

Applies to:

• nTop
• Windows 10
• Command Prompt

Procedure:

1. Create a directory to save the MSI and log files.  For this example, C:\nTop
2. Save a copy of the latest MSI to C:\nTop.  For this example, nTop-2.26.4.msi
3. Click the Windows Start button and select Windows System > Command Prompt.
4. At the prompt type:

msiexec /i "c:\nTop\ntop-2.26.4.msi" /L*V mylog.log

5. The text /L*V enables verbose logging, creating the log file mylog.log.
6. Complete the installation by following the prompts.

If you would like to select which Toolkits to enable and choose country during silent installation, check the command below:

• Location: Germany (DE)
• These are commands from Microsoft Standard Installer command-line options (Link)
  • /qn: Quiet display option. The installer runs an installation without displaying a user interface. No prompts, messages, or dialog boxes are displayed to the user.
  • /passive: Passive display option.
  • /no restart: Never restart option. The installer never restarts the computer after the installation.
• Select all Toolkits with the WIXUI_TOOLKIT_XX_CHECKBOX=1 

msiexec /i path/to/nTop-4.24.3.msi 
WIXUI_TOOLKIT_ADDITIVE_MANUFACTURING_CHECKBOX=1 
WIXUI_TOOLKIT_ARCHITECTED_MATERIALS_CHECKBOX=1 
WIXUI_TOOLKIT_DESIGN_ANALYSIS_CHECKBOX=1 
WIXUI_TOOLKIT_LIGHTWEIGHTING_CHECKBOX=1 
WIXUI_LOCATION_LISTBOX="Germany, DE" /qn /norestart /passive

Are you still having issues? Contact the support team, and we’ll be happy to help!

More on this topic:

• How to install the application on a computer without internet access

• Can the application be installed on a Virtual Machine?

• What do I do if nTop crashes?