Verifying the Success of the Silent Installer

When you run the Silent Installer, you may not see any messages or Silk Test dialog boxes. It may be difficult to know whether the installation was a success. You can, however, review the Silk Test_<version>_InstallLog.log file, which contains the status of the install. By default, the Silk Test_<version>_InstallLog.log file is generated in the Silk Test installation directory. We recommend examining the log file before you make the Silent Installer available for others to use.

Note: If an earlier version of Silk Test, such as Silk Test 2009, is detected on the computer, Silk Test continues the installation and does not include an entry in the log file. Do not install multiple versions of Silk Test on the same machine.

Locate the Silk Test_<version>_InstallLog.log file and open it in a text editor.
To determine whether the Silent Installer succeeded, review the status messages for each action performed by the setup. The installation log records SUCCESSFUL, WARNING, or ERROR for each action the installer executes. The installation log also includes a summary which tallies the number of successes, warnings, non-fatal errors, or errors. For example, an action might look like the following:
```
Install File: C:\Program Files\Silk\Silk Test\ng\recorder\plugins\
            com.borland.silktest.recorder_11.1.0.4440\plugin.xml
     Status: SUCCESSFUL
```
The summary might look like the following:
```
Summary
-------

Installation: Successful.

2497 Successes
0 Warnings
0 NonFatalErrors
0 FatalErrors
```