If you want to install the Windows release[0] silently in a script, then use this (where X.Y.Z is the version number): .\Rancher.Desktop.Setup.X.Y.Z.exe /S -

If you want to install the Windows release[0] silently in a script, then use this (where X.Y.Z is the version number): .\Rancher.Desktop.Setup.X.Y.Z.exe /S --force-run --allusers It took me an hour to figure out the necessary arguments until I learned about some Electron-specific behavior in the installer[1]. [0] https://github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop/releases https://github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop/releases [1] https://stackoverflow.com/a/66906851 https://stackoverflow.com/a/66906851