Installing the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer on Windows

On Windows, you can install the stand-alone IBM® MQ Explorer by using the graphical user interface. Alternatively, you can install IBM MQ Explorer with either a silent or a console installation.

Before you begin

Before you install the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer, review the requirements information in IBM MQ Explorer installation requirements.

If you already have a previous version of IBM MQ Explorer installed, uninstall that version before you proceed with the installation of the new version.

About this task

After you download the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer from Fix Central and decompress the files, you can install IBM MQ Explorer in any of the following ways:

By using the installation wizard.
By installing silently, with a response file.
By installing with a console (text-based) installation.

If you require an accessible version of the installer, then use the silent installation mode to install IBM MQ Explorer. A response file is used to configure a silent installation. An example response file, silent_install.resp is provided in the same directory as the IBM MQ Explorer setup program. You can modify this example file as required by using a text editor.

Note: If you silently install the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer on a Windows system with User Account Control (UAC) enabled, you must also remove it silently and not by using Programs and Features in the Control Panel.

Procedure

Download the Windows version of the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer.

Follow this link to Fix Central and select the Windows version of the download package.
Create an installation directory on the target system.
Decompress the .zip file that you downloaded, for example, 9.3.0.0-IBM-MQ-Explorer-Win64.zip, to this directory.
Install IBM MQ Explorer in one of the following ways:
- To install by using the installation wizard:
  1. Double-click Setup.exe and follow the onscreen instructions.
  2. Start the IBM MQ Explorer either by using the Start menu entry, or by using the MQExplorer executable file in the installation directory.
- To install silently, by using a response file:
  1. Use a text editor to modify the example response file, silent_install.resp, as required. Make your changes in line with the comments in the file.
    Note: Before installing silently, the LICENSE_ACCEPTED property in the response file must be sent to TRUE to indicate that you agree to the terms of the product license. (The license can be found in the license folder of the product .zip file).
  2. Start the silent installation by using the following command:
```
Setup.exe -f silent_install.resp
```
  The installation then proceeds without any feedback.
- To install by using a console (text-based) installation, start the installer by using the following command:
```
Setup.exe -i console 
```

What to do next

[MQ 9.3.0 Jun 2022] After IBM MQ Explorer has been installed, you can run it from the Windows start menu or by using the MQExplorer command. For more information, see Launching IBM MQ Explorer.