Can anyone help with a switch to install VMware silently and enter the registration number as well ??

Have a look at this link. This is how I install VMware silently in my unattended and it works perfectly. It is at the bottom of the page.

Installing VMware Workstation Silently

Thanks neo_3333, much appreciated

I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I just can't get this happening.

Could you possibly post your command lines so i can reference off them please

This is what i have, is it correct???

I'm getting confused with all the backslashes for additional quotations

REG ADD %KEY%\035 /VE /D "VMware Workstation" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\035 /V 1 /D "\"%CDROM%\Software\VMware\msiexec -i \"%CDROM%\XPCD\Software\VMware\VMware Workstation.msi\" INSTALLDIR="\"C:\Program Files\VMware\" ADDLOCAL=ALL DISABLE_AUTORUN=1 SERIALNUMBER="\"<Serial Number>\" /qn" /f

Remove your serial number though from your post.

Sorry, 'DONE'

Hello. I got it working like this:

msiexec -i "VMware.msi" INSTALLDIR="%ProgramFiles%\VMWare" ADDLOCAL=ALL DISABLE_AUTORUN=1 SERIALNUMBER=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /qn

(Note: I renamed the .msi file, but you don't need to.)

for me ...

it's syntac

start /wait msiexec -i "VMware.msi" INSTALLDIR="%ProgramFiles%\VMWare" ADDLOCAL=ALL DISABLE_AUTORUN=1 SERIALNUMBER=qqqq-qqqq-qqqq-qqqq /qn