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The installable binary that Evince provides does not provide me with the option to select a location I would like it to be installed to. Instead I came across a suggestion at https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evince-list/2012-April/msg00022.html which provides a possible solution however each time I have tried it I simply get the window that displays the options provided by the command msiexec.

The command I am running is msiexec.exe /i /qr "C:\Temp\apps\evince-2.32.0.145.msi" APPLICATIONFOLDER="C:\Program Files (x86)\Evince"

I am running Windows 7 Professional as local administrator and I am using the PowerShell to run the command.

PeanutsMonkey
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The evince msi installer has the option to select the install location. Just hit the 'Advanced' button in the opening screen.

Hib
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Ok, I tried just now on Windows 7 64bit.

  1. Run cmd.exe as Administrator / eg. create shortcut on desktop for cmd.exe and click right mouse button and select run as Administrator
  2. cd to folder with installator
  3. msiexec /qn /i evince-2.32.0.145.msi APPLICATIONFOLDER="c:\program files (x86)\Evince"

If you want a setup dialog, just for confirmation, no settings there, instead of \qn type \qr. If something is not working try adding msiexec /qn /l* evince_install.log /i ..., that will help you solve problems and show another parameters which you can manually assign.

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It still does not work on Windows 8 ... I've been working on it for a few hours and it seems there is no issue reporting but when I go to the Program Files (x86) or whatever folder I place it in it just happens to be missing (every time!).

I'm getting frustrated because I'm trying to review my technical papers compiled with PDFlatex ... is there any other software on mingw or any third party?

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