I downloaded the AIR_Win_installer_files.zip file in order to do a side-car AIR installation. I created a directory (AIR_bundle) and unzipped the downloaded file into that. In that directory, I end up with:
Adobe AIR Installer.exe
Adobe AIR/
where the latter is a sub-folder containing lots of other files. On the command-line, I execute the exe file passing only the -silent option, and I get an error dialog that says:
This application requires a version of Adobe AIR which cannot be found. Please download the latest version of the runtime from http://www.adobe.com/getair, or contact the application author for an updated version.
Why? FYI: there is no AIR installed on the computer at all (which should be OK since I'm trying to install it using the silent installer).