Installation options and parameters (NVivo 14 Windows)

NVivo 14 install: `/i` install, `/a` admin, `/x` uninstall; `/qn` no UI; logging `/l* <LogFile>`; props like `INSTALLDIR=`, `QSR_DESKTOP_APPLICATION=1`.

Jan 28, 2026
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Installation options and parameters (NVivo 14 Windows)

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Installation options and parameters

NVivo 14 Windows

This topic includes information about command line options and other parameters that can be used when installing NVivo.

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Install options
Display option
Logging options
Public properties
Update options

Install options

The following options are supported:

Install Options	Description
</package \| /i> <Product.msi	Installs or configures a product
/a <Product.msi	Administrative install - installs a product on the network
</uninstall \| /x> <Product.msi \|	Uninstalls the product

Display option

The following option is supported:

Display Option	Description
/qn	Sets user interface level - No UI

Logging options

The following options are supported:

Logging Options

Description

/l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*]

i - Status messages

w - Nonfatal warnings

e - All error messages

a - Start up of actions

r - Action-specific records

u - User requests

c - Initial UI parameters

m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information

o - Out-of-disk-space messages

p - Terminal properties

v - Verbose output

x - Extra debugging information

+ - Append to existing log file

! - Flush each line to the log

* - Log all information, except for v and x options

/log <LogFile

Equivalent of /l* <LogFile

Public properties

The following optional public properties [PROPERTY=PropertyValue] can be used:

Public property	Can be defined using...
Installation directory (optional)	INSTALLDIR=C:\Program
NVivo desktop shortcut (optional)	QSR_DESKTOP_APPLICATION=1 (include) or 0 (remove)
Allow deactivation via user interface (optional)	QSR_UI_DEACTIVATION=1 (allow) or 0 (disallow)
Allow automatic software update notifications (optional)	QSR_UPDATE_NOTIFICATIONS=1 (allow) or 0 (disallow)
Allow the NVivo application option ‘Participate in the Customer Experience Improvement Program’ (optional)	QSR_UI_INSTRUMENTATION=1 (allow) or 0 (disallow)
For projects stored on a network drive, specify when updates to the project are saved to the network (optional)	QSR_NETWORK_SAVE=0 (on project close) or 1 (on project save)
Specify the default location for project recovery files (optional).	QSR_RECOVERY_PATH="H:\NVivo Recovery" NOTE The path should be a user-specific location—this avoids project recovery files (for different users) all being saved to the same location.

Update options

The following options are supported:

Update Option	Description
/?	Opens a dialog with the parameters in this table
/qb	Unattended installation with progress bar
/qa	Unattended installation with no progress bar

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