Commands for installing VisualGPSView 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 VisualGPS.VisualGPSView -e --silent --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreementswinget upgrade --id VisualGPS.VisualGPSView -e --silentwinget uninstall --id VisualGPS.VisualGPSView -e --silentBy installer
Any CPU · MSI · en-US
Silent install
msiexec /i VisualGPSViewInstall.msi /qn /norestartWrite a log
msiexec /i VisualGPSViewInstall.msi /qn /norestart /l*v "%TEMP%\visualgpsview-install.log"Uninstall
msiexec /x {548CC656-2923-478F-8A69-BF1AF8E23B97} /qn /norestart- MSI product code
- {548CC656-2923-478F-8A69-BF1AF8E23B97}
- Uninstall registry key
- HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{548CC656-2923-478F-8A69-BF1AF8E23B97}
PowerShell: download, verify, install
Downloads the official file, checks its SHA256 and installs it silently.
install-visualgpsview.ps1
$url = 'https://www.visualgps.net/VisualGPSView/Download/VisualGPSViewInstall.msi'
$sha256 = 'F986D5A59096252F998B0A3E674C9C41B18438619FDFF3B6DC3637D3E789E1BD'
$file = Join-Path $env:TEMP 'VisualGPSViewInstall.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