Set installer root drive programmatically

Hi Gang,
I'm creating a "master installer" in LV that will in turn install 3 existing apps by running the installers programmatically. I don't know much about the MSI. Is there a way to set the root directory programmatically by a command line argument or a text file setting or something? As with every project, we're pressed for time.
I'll appreciate any help.
Thanks,
Roger

A starting point is to create one of the installers and run its setup.exe with:
setup.exe /?
I don't see a ROOTDIR override. The help says to search NI.com for "InstallerAutomation", which turns up this:
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/878FC4C374013ADF8625733D00688F67?OpenDocument
Not what you need, though.

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