How to Install Amazon DCV Virtual Display Silently with winget on Windows

Installing Amazon DCV Virtual Display interactively is fine when you're sitting at the machine. When you're deploying to 50 machines or building a CI image, you want a one-line silent install. Here's how winget does it.

The one-line answer

Open Terminal as Administrator and run:

winget install --id NICESoftware.AmazonDCVVirtualDisplay -e --silent --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements

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Typical install time: 10–60 seconds depending on installer size.

What gets installed

Field	Value
Package ID	`NICESoftware.AmazonDCVVirtualDisplay`
Publisher	Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Installer type	Windows Installer (MSI)
License	Proprietary
Latest version	1.4.88.0
Minimum OS	Windows 10+
Homepage	amazondcv.com

MSI installers accept /quiet (no UI) and /norestart (skip reboot). winget passes both automatically with --silent.

Per-user install (no admin)

If you don't have admin rights, try per-user scope:

winget install --id NICESoftware.AmazonDCVVirtualDisplay -e --scope user --silent

If the manifest doesn't have a user-scope installer, winget falls back with an error — in that case you genuinely need admin or use the Access denied fix.

Specify a version

To pin a known-good version (useful for reproducible CI / team standardisation):

winget install --id NICESoftware.AmazonDCVVirtualDisplay -e --version 1.4.88.0 --silent

List available versions:

winget show --id NICESoftware.AmazonDCVVirtualDisplay --versions

Override silent flags

If winget's --silent doesn't fully suppress the installer's UI, pass native flags via --override:

winget install --id NICESoftware.AmazonDCVVirtualDisplay -e --override "/quiet /norestart"

These are the Windows Installer (MSI)-native silent switches the installer recognises.

Verify after install

winget list --id NICESoftware.AmazonDCVVirtualDisplay

If the version is shown, the install succeeded.

Upgrade silently

winget upgrade --id NICESoftware.AmazonDCVVirtualDisplay -e --silent --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements

Or upgrade as part of a bulk weekly cron — see How to update all Windows apps.

Uninstall silently

winget uninstall --id NICESoftware.AmazonDCVVirtualDisplay --silent --disable-interactivity

Detailed guide: How to uninstall Windows apps with winget.

In a provisioning script

PowerShell snippet for unattended Windows setup:

$apps = @(
  "NICESoftware.AmazonDCVVirtualDisplay"
  # add more packages here
)

foreach ($id in $apps) {
  winget install --id $id -e --silent `
    --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements
}

Wrap in Task Scheduler for one-shot machine provisioning. See Fresh Windows 11 setup.

Common errors

"Amazon DCV Virtual Display is already installed" — winget detected the existing install. To force-reinstall over the existing copy:

winget install --id NICESoftware.AmazonDCVVirtualDisplay -e --silent --force

"Installer hash does not match" — Amazon Web Services, Inc. published a new version before the winget manifest updated. Wait ~24 hours or pass --force. See hash mismatch fix.

"Access denied" / 0x80070005 — run Terminal as Administrator. See Access denied fix.

0x80073D02 — package in use — Amazon DCV Virtual Display is currently running. Close it then retry. See package in use fix.