QuickBooks is a full-featured business and financial management suite complete with tools for accounting, inventory, payroll, tax filing, invoicing, bank account tracking and reconciliation, expense management, budgeting, payment processing, and accounts receivable and accounts payable management. This article will serve as an informative guide and give you a clear understanding of how to perform a silent installation of QuickBooks Premier 2022 from the command line using the EXE installer.
How to Install QuickBooks Premier 2022 Silently
QuickBooks Premier 2022 Silent Install (EXE)
- Navigate to: https://dlm2.download.intuit.com/akdlm/SBD/QuickBooks/2022/Latest/QuickBooksPremier2022.exe
- Download the QuickBooksPremier2022.exe to a folder created at (C:\Downloads)
- Locate your product & license number: https://emaillicense.quickbooks.com/app/qbdt/licensenumber
- Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
- Navigate to the C:\Downloads folder
- Enter the following command:
QuickBooksPremier2022.exe -s -a QBMIGRATOR=1 MSICOMMAND=/s QB_PRODUCTNUM=XXX-XXX QB_LICENSENUM=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX |
After a few minutes you should see the QuickBooks Desktop Shortcut appear. You will also find entries in the Start Menu, Installation Directory, and Programs and Features in the Control Panel.
| Software Title: | QuickBooks Premier: Accountant Edition 2022 |
| Vendor: | Intuit |
| Architecture: | x86_64 |
| Installer Type: | EXE |
| Silent Install Switch: | QuickBooksPremier2022.exe -s -a QBMIGRATOR=1 MSICOMMAND=/s QB_PRODUCTNUM=XXX-XXX QB_LICENSENUM=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX |
| Silent Uninstall Switch: | MsiExec.exe /x {A8FB867A-1595-43B2-8F8C-B6112C77CB8D} UNIQUE_NAME="accountant" QBFULLNAME="QuickBooks Premier: Accountant Edition 2022" ADDREMOVE=1 /qb! |
| Download Link: | https://dlm2.download.intuit.com/akdlm/SBD/QuickBooks/2022/Latest/QuickBooksPremier2022.exe |
| PowerShell Script: | https://silentinstallhq.com/quickbooks-premier-2022-install-and-uninstall-powershell/ |
| Detection Script: | https://silentinstallhq.com/create-a-custom-detection-script-for-quickbooks-premier-2022-powershell/ |
The information above provides a quick overview of the software title, vendor, silent install, and silent uninstall switches. The download links provided take you directly to the vendors website. Continue reading if you are interested in additional details and configurations.
Additional Configurations
Workaround for “An internal file in QuickBooks has become unreadable [PS107]” Error Message
- Install & Open QuickBooks
- Navigate to: Help->Update QuickBooks Desktop…
- Select Options tab
- Under the “Select the updates you want QuickBooks Desktop to download automatically.” section
- Select Mark All
- Click Save
- Select Update Now tab
- Click Get Updates
- Once the updates have completed downloading, click Close & Exit QuickBooks
- Navigate to: “%ProgramFiles%\Intuit\QuickBooks 2022\Components\Payroll\Esgservices.dat”
- Copy the Esgservices.dat to “C:\Downloads”
- Uninstall QuickBooks to test
- Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
- Navigate to the C:\Downloads folder
- Enter the following commands:
QuickBooksPremier2022.exe -s -a QBMIGRATOR=1 MSICOMMAND=/s QB_PRODUCTNUM=XXX-XXX QB_LICENSENUM=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX |
xcopy /y ".\Esgservices.dat" "%ProgramFiles%\Intuit\QuickBooks 2022\Components\Payroll\" |
Disable QuickBooks Premier 2022 Automatic Updates
- Open Notepad or your favorite text editor
- Add the following lines:
[ChannelInfo]
BackgroundEnabled=0
DownloadDirectoryShared=0- Save the file to C:\Downloads and name it: QBchan.dat
- Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
- Navigate to the C:\Downloads folder
- Enter the following commands:
QuickBooksPremier2022.exe -s -a QBMIGRATOR=1 MSICOMMAND=/s QB_PRODUCTNUM=XXX-XXX QB_LICENSENUM=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX |
xcopy /y ".\QBchan.dat" "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Intuit\QuickBooks 2022\Components\QBUpdate\" |
Suppress the “How QuickBooks Desktop Uses Your Internet Connection” Window
- Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
- Run the following command once for each user:
QuickBooks Premier 2022 (Accountant Edition)
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Intuit\QuickBooks\32.0\accountant" /v Dlss /t REG_SZ /d RC1MP9/3AX /f |
QuickBooks Premier 2022 (Non-Accountant Edition)
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Intuit\QuickBooks\32.0\superpro" /v Dlss /t REG_SZ /d RC1MP9/3AX /f |
How to Uninstall QuickBooks Premier 2022 Silently
Check out the following posts for a scripted solution:
| QuickBooks Premier 2022 Install and Uninstall (PowerShell) |
| QuickBooks Premier 2022 Silent Uninstall (PowerShell) |
- Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
- Enter the following command:
QuickBooks Premier: Accountant Edition 2022 Silent Uninstall
MsiExec.exe /x {A8FB867A-1595-43B2-8F8C-B6112C77CB8D} UNIQUE_NAME="accountant" QBFULLNAME="QuickBooks Premier: Accountant Edition 2022" ADDREMOVE=1 /qb! |
Always make sure to test everything in a development environment prior to implementing anything into production. The information in this article is provided “As Is” without warranty of any kind.