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Wireshark - Silent Install Switch

The hand-curated silent install command for Wireshark on Windows - for unattended, quiet, fleet-wide deploys. Copy, paste, ship - smoke-test in a throwaway VM first.

Silent install command

installer.exe /S /desktopicon=yes

Replace installer.exe with the actual installer filename (or its full path).

Notes & gotchas

NSIS. Bundles Npcap, which runs its own installer - add /quiet and let it through.

FAQ

What is the silent install command for Wireshark?

Run: installer.exe /S /desktopicon=yes

Any gotchas installing Wireshark unattended?

NSIS. Bundles Npcap, which runs its own installer - add /quiet and let it through.

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