# How to install agent silently using command prompt?

**Last Updated On**: 16 Apr 2026  
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This document will guide you to install agent in a silent manner on a client machine. To accomplish silent installation of agent the following steps need to be followed.

## Silent Agent Installation using agent .exe file

1. Download the respective remote office agent installer file from **Agent -> Computers -> Download Agent**.

![Agent Download](https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/desktop-central/help/device-onboarding/agent_download.webp)

2. Open command prompt as Administrator from the location where file is downloaded.
3. Execute the below commands in command prompt.

```bash
<RemoteOffice_agent>.exe /silent
```

### Example

```bash
LocalOffice_Agent.exe /silent
```

![Command Instruction](https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/desktop-central/help/device-onboarding/silent_command.webp)

## Silent Agent Installation using MSI zip file

1. Download the respective remote office agent installer file from **Agent -> Agent Installation -> Other Methods -> Download Agent under Command Line option**.

![Agent](https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/desktop-central/help/device-onboarding/agent.webp)

![Command line Option](https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/desktop-central/help/device-onboarding/command_line.webp)

2. Extract the zip into a folder in the agent machine.
3. Open command prompt as Administrator from the location where the zip file is extracted.
4. Run the command provided below.

```bash
msiexec /i "UEMSAgent.msi" /qn TRANSFORMS="UEMSAgent.mst" ENABLESILENT=yes REBOOT=ReallySuppress INSTALLSOURCE=Manual SERVER_ROOT_CRT="%cd%DMRootCA-Server.crt" DS_ROOT_CRT="%cd%DMRootCA.crt" /lv "Agentinstalllog.txt"
```