Note: While modern tooling, such as the .NET Community Toolkit , now uses online documentation, this MSI represents a self-contained offline documentation package. 2. Prerequisites for Installation
/norestart : Prevents the machine from unexpectedly rebooting post-installation. Advanced Tip: Extracting Files Without Installing
Indicates the CPU architecture target. x86 denotes 32-bit architecture. While it is built for 32-bit systems, Windows utilizes an emulation layer (WoW64) allowing this to install and run perfectly fine on 64-bit ( x64 ) Windows operating systems.
msiexec.exe /i "toolkit documentationx86enusmsi.msi" /qn /norestart Use code with caution. Administrative Installation (Extraction) toolkit documentationx86enusmsi
Are you running this installation like SCCM or Intune?
Verify if the toolkit requires a matching x64 operating system framework, even if the documentation itself is x86.
Avoid running .msi installations directly from a volatile network share. Copy the package to the local C:\Windows\Temp directory before triggering execution to prevent network drop-out failures. Note: While modern tooling, such as the
Represents the localized language and region. In this case, English - United States .
Follow the on-screen prompts, accept the license agreement, and choose an installation directory. Click . Method 2: Command Line (Silent Installation)
For IT administrators deploying this documentation across multiple machines, you can use msiexec to run a silent installation: msiexec
msiexec /a "C:\Path\To\toolkit_documentation_x86_en-us.msi" /qb TARGETDIR="C:\ExtractedToolkit" Use code with caution.
Permissions issues, missing dependencies, or locked files from a previous toolkit version.