XLSTAT silent installation and uninstallation on Windows

This guide describes the silent installation and uninstallation of XLSTAT.

A software installation is referred to as being silent (or unattended) when there is no UI or human input during the installation process. No need to choose a destination folder, select user options, or click through any dialog screens. The installation settings are, instead, contained in a single file that the software refers to in each install location.

Because silent installations remove the need for user interaction, they are useful when software needs to have consistent settings across multiple devices. There is no opportunity for users to choose potentially conflicting setup options. System administrators are the most common users of silent installations, to deploy software on multiple devices while ensuring that the installation options are identical on each of them.

Before starting

The silent installation/uninstallation method is composed of two .msi files, corresponding to the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of XLSTAT. The installed version must match the version of the installed Microsoft Excel software. If Excel 32-bit is installed, XLSTAT 32-bit should be used as well.

The packages can be downloaded from here:

The Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable must also be installed on the computer XLSTAT is deployed on. The required version would be 32-bit or 64-bit depending on the version of XLSTAT that is used.

Just like Microsoft Excel, please note that it should not be attempted to install both 32 and 64-bit versions of XLSTAT. This is not supported and it would likely lead to unexpected behavior.

Please also note that installation through MSI files should not be mixed with the regular attended installation of XLSTAT. It must be updated or uninstalled using the same method it was installed with.

Finally, whether the user wants to silently install or uninstall, the corresponding command lines must be entered into an elevated command prompt (even to uninstall only for the current user).
To access such command prompt, locate the Windows search bar (shortcut 'Windows + S'), type ‘cmd’ and open a command prompt as an administrator.

Silent installation process

The MSI packages can firstly be installed with a regular double-click. In that case, they would be installed with the same settings as a regular XLSTAT installation.
The installation can also be started using Windows Installer's command line tool, msiexec. Further information about this command is available on their website.
The command to perform a silent installation would be the following:

msiexec /qn /i C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\xlstat_x86.msi

Please note that you will need to adapt the path of this command to the location of the .msi file, and will have to specify your path between apostrophes if the file path contains at least on space.

Silent uninstallation process

First, ensure that XLSTAT is closed.
The silent uninstallation requires the same .msi file as the one used to install, please see above for the corresponding download links.
The uninstallation can be started using Windows Installer's command line tool, msiexec. Further information about this command is available on their website.
The command to perform a silent uninstallation would be the following:

msiexec /qn /x C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\xlstat_x86.msi

Please note that you will need to adapt the path of this command to the location of the .msi file, and will have to specify your path between apostrophes if the file path contains at least on space.

Customizing commands

A set of parameters can be given along with the silent installation of XLSTAT. They have to be provided with the command line the software is installed with, using the following format:

msiexec /qn /i xlstat_x86.msi OPTION1=VALUE BIGOPTION="QUOTES FOR SPACES" <strong>...</strong>

Here is a listing of the available parameters and what they should be used for:

Parameter name	Description	Possible values	Default value
INSTALLDIR	Directory in which XLSTAT should be installed.	Any valid path. Enclose in doublequotes if spaces are present.	C:\Program Files (x86)\Addinsoft\XLSTAT or C:\Program Files\Addinsoft\XLSTAT
INSTALLLANG	The lang XLSTAT should be displayed with.	Available values: US (English), FR (French), DE (German), IT (Italian), ES (Spanish), PT (Portugese), CN (Chinese), JP (Japanese).	System language if available, english otherwise.
ALLUSERSSETTINGS	Whether or not XLSTAT's ribbon should be added into Excel for all users. Please note that this may overwrite the startup of other Excel add-ins. Only use this if it is required. Without this option, users other than the one who installed XLSTAT will have to launch the software for the first time using its desktop icon or by opening XLSTAT.xla from the XLSTAT installation directory.	0 or 1 (off/on)	Off (0)
USEREXPERIENCE	Whether or not XLSTAT should report crash information to Addinsoft for analysis.	0 or 1 (off/on)	On (1)
CHECKFORUPDATE	Whether or not XLSTAT should automatically check for updates and inform the user in the case of new XLSTAT releases. Please note that updates cannot be installed if users don't have elevated rights on their computers.	0 or 1 (off/on)	On (1)
NOTIFICATION	Whether or not XLSTAT should display notifications about XLSTAT-related recent changes or upcoming events.	0 or 1 (off/on)	On (1)
PROXYHOST	Address of the proxy that should be used for XLSTAT to contact its update and activation servers	Any IP address or DNS Hostname.	None
PROXYPORT	Port the proxy listens on.	1 - 65535	None
SERVERHOST	In the case of a network license setup, the address of the server that should be contacted to obtain the license.	Any IP address or DNS Hostname.	None
SERVERPORT	In the case of a network license setup, the port the license server listens on.	1 - 65535	7070

Activating XLSTAT

In order to perform an unattended activation of XLSTAT, please refer to the license management command line utility guide for details on the commands to run.

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