Installing Notification Services from the Command Prompt

The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup program provides a command prompt interface in addition to the graphical user interface. Use the information in this topic to install Notification Services from the command prompt. For additional information about installing SQL Server 2005 from the command prompt, including the complete syntax and list of parameters, see How to: Install SQL Server 2005 from the Command Prompt.

Each Notification Services component can be installed from the command prompt using the ADDLOCAL argument for Microsoft Windows Installer. To install a component from a command prompt, you must use the correct command-line name. The component name and command-line name for each component are shown in the following table.

The following examples show how to install Notification Services from the command prompt.

This example shows how to install all components of Notification Services, displaying progress dialog boxes:

start /wait setup.exe /qb ADDLOCAL=Notification_Services

This example shows how to perform a new installation of the Notification Services client components. No dialog boxes are displayed, but the command prompt does not return until installation is complete:

start /wait setup.exe /qn ADDLOCAL=NS_Client

This example shows how to remove Notification Services client components, displaying progress dialog boxes:

start /wait setup.exe REMOVE=NS_Client

Installing SQL Server Notification Services
Installing Notification Services Using Setup

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance