title: How do I make features in an MSI Feature Table automatically selected when their parents are selected
body: <p>In my specific example I am looking at the nightly builds of <a href="http://www.farmanager.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FarManager</a> 3. However, the same applies to FarManager 2.0.</p>
  
  <p>By default when you install FarManager the Addons feature is not selected. You can select the features from a non-interactive command line install with the following command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>msiexec /i "farSetup.msi" /passive ADDLOCAL=Addons,Colors,Macros,SetUp,Shell,XLat'
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  <p>I think it should be possible to do it with just <code>ADDLOCAL=Addons</code> because of the Feature Table. If you open the Feature Table in <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370557(v=vs.85).aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Orca</a>, you see the following child features of Addons.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/j9Iiv.png" alt="Addons from the msi Feature Table"></p>
  
  <p>Is there any way to modify the feature table so that <code>ADDLOCAL=Addons</code> implies the clild features of <em>Colors, Macros, SetUp, Shell, and XLat</em>?</p>