Commands for installing BITS Manager without prompts, removing it again and detecting it from deployment tools. A command is shown only when it is certain: from the manifest or the installer technology’s documented default.
Related guide: Silent install switches: MSI, NSIS, Inno Setup · Uninstall a program with the registry or PowerShell
With winget
PowerShell
winget install --id Microsoft.bitsmanager -e --silent --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreementswinget upgrade --id Microsoft.bitsmanager -e --silentwinget uninstall --id Microsoft.bitsmanager -e --silentBy installer
64-bit · MSI
Silent install
msiexec /i BITSManager.msi /qn /norestartWrite a log
msiexec /i BITSManager.msi /qn /norestart /l*v "%TEMP%\bits-manager-install.log"Uninstall
msiexec /x {835B7DDF-7F15-4241-A690-BD64A3CCDC1F} /qn /norestart- MSI product code
- {835B7DDF-7F15-4241-A690-BD64A3CCDC1F}
- Uninstall registry key
- HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{835B7DDF-7F15-4241-A690-BD64A3CCDC1F}
PowerShell: download, verify, install
Downloads the official file, checks its SHA256 and installs it silently.
install-bits-manager.ps1
$url = 'https://github.com/microsoft/BITS-Manager/releases/download/v1.12/BITSManager.msi'
$sha256 = 'AC3E204D782D54375080B22CF9F3517F8B107362173C84AB5B3DD58A10C50469'
$file = Join-Path $env:TEMP 'BITSManager.msi'
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $file -UseBasicParsing
if ((Get-FileHash $file -Algorithm SHA256).Hash -ne $sha256) { throw 'SHA256 mismatch' }
Start-Process msiexec.exe -ArgumentList '/i', ('"{0}"' -f $file), '/qn', '/norestart' -Wait