Questions tagged [msi]
MSI is a Windows Installer package. It contains all of the components necessary to install a particular software package along with a machine-readable description of how the package should be installed.
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Programmatically deploy MSI package via AD Group Policy
I'm looking for a way to deploy an MSI to a group of computers (contained within a single OU in AD) via Group Policy programmatically.
Assumptions:
The network share which will contain the MSIs is ...
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Web Deploy 3.0 Installation Fails
I am having difficulty installing Microsoft Web Deploy 3.0 to a Windows Server 2008 R2 box. I have tried installing with both the Web Platform Installer and the MSI package but installation fails ...
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excecute batch command over MSI Package
I have a huge network of PCs that are all in a same domain (active directory). I want to enable WMI service and relative port, then set the domain's administrator credentials to WMI credentials over ...
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How do I automate the removal of Etrust Antivirus?
What's the easiest way to remove Etrust antivirus en masse?
Background: I'm installing AVG on each of the clients and need to remove Etrust antivirus. I'm looking for a way to automate it. We have ...
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exception occurs during uninstalling msi
I installed my web application via an msi. When I try to unistall the application via add/remove programmes an exception occurs during the uninstall and the uninstall never completes. Is there any way ...
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Log files for group policy application deployment
I'm looking into using group policy to deploy a couple of applications. I want to have the log of each installation written to a shared folder on a file server for tracking purposes.
I can create the ...
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How to incorporate msiexec parameters in a mst
I'm using the Orca tool from Microsoft to create a transform to be used in a gpo deployment. I wonder how to edit the msi to get the same result as this commandline will get me:
msiexec /qn+ /i setup....
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RAID-5 read speed is very slow
I have windows 11 pro for workstation and use 2 RAID-5 volumes for storage (nvme group and ssd group). The read speed for the nvme group is around 2220 MB/s and the write speed is around 170 MB/s. SSD ...
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Installing MSI to ASP.NET Core App Service Windows Container
I'm trying to use Visual Studio 2019 to develop a ASP.NET Core 3.1 app running in Docker for Windows. I'm having a few problems with this. I need to host an endpoint to start and stop a service and ...
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How does one validate an MSI file for Group Policy Software Installation?
I am wrestling with learning Group Policy Software Installation; I'm at the point where I think I know what should be going on, but I don't have a ton of practical experience yet, and am not finding ...
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msiexec.exe always running
Seems like every time I go to install something it says that another installer is currently running. And sure enough, if I check Task Manager, there is an msiexec process running. It just says the ...
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SQL Server 2005 SP2 install Support files failed
I'm racking my brains trying to apply service pack 2 to a recently installed SQL Server 2005 installation on a Windows Server 2K3 64-bit
The error message from the installation is unhelpful:
MSP ...
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Event Log - MsiInstaller events' description cannot be found since last week
Since last week, machines in my network are not properly recording events from MsiInstaller. For instance:
The description for Event ID ( 11724 ) in Source ( MsiInstaller ) cannot be found. The ...
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"The processing of Group Policy failed" while doing gpupdate
I'm trying to install MSI package from a Windows Server 2008 as a GPO in a computer-wide scope. When I log in to a Windows 7 client workstation and run:
gpupdate /force
I get the following error ...
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GPO uninstalled program instead of installing it
We have a couple computers that are having issues wherein every time they reboot, instead of installing a software by GPO, it instead removes it. The software works fine on most, but some of our newer ...
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Windows Installer cannot execute EXE install files
When I run the msiexec.exe with an msi file, it runs perfectly.
The problem is that many install files are not msi's but exe's.
My question is: How can I run an exe file with the msiexec.exe command?
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Exe is requiring elevated privileges unless it is renammed
Running windows 7 sp1.
I have an application that when installed via MSI requires the program's exe to run with elevated credentials.
When I rename the exe it no longer runs with elevated privileges....
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deploy msi via gpo to specific computers only
Basically my question is do i group computers in security groups then add that group to the policy's security filtering? For some reason i've always though of security groups as appling only to users.....
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error installing VSTS 2008 SP1
I am installing VSTS 2008 SP1 on Windows Server 2003 R2 32-bit, which has already installed with VSTS 2008 successfully before. I met with the following error (from install log, at almost the end of ...
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Deploying Applications via MDT Fails
I'm setting up a test lab for using MDT at our organization and I've been having trouble getting the installs to run properly. So far I only have an older copy (5.2) of RealVNC working.
My ...
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How to allow program updates without prompting UAC?
We have about 15-20 users who have this software installed.
We have UAC enabled through GPO as you should, which means the software prompts for admin approval if a standard user trys to install it. ...
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Group Policy Software Installation
Is there a way when making a group policy object to install an MSI that you can have this install run as administrator on the computers?
Trying to run a fix that needs to be run as administrator to ...
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Convert .exe installer to msi, to be able to deploy through GPO
I'm wondering how to convert a .exe to msi package and then deploy it in GPO.
We running a Windows 2003 Server and the clients are Windows XP. I have downloaded a program called Advanced Installer ...
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Free InstallShield alternative?
What is the best free, simple alternative to InstallShield or WISE for creating installation packages? My needs are pretty simple, just 1 file to install with a couple dependencies. I will be using it ...
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Vista MSI installs fail with error 1327 after redirecting Documents folder
I have my personal profile's Documents folder redirected to a network drive H:\ . This was done by right clicking on Documents, Properties, choosing Location, and selecting H:\ .
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How to call msiexec from powershell with parameters
I am trying to execute the following line from a powershell script:
msiexec /qb /i ps-pulse-win-5.2r5.1-b897-64bitinstaller.msi CONFIGFILE="ALS GSLB.jnprpreconfig"
This works when called from a DOS ...
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How can I determine what causes repeated Windows Installer self-repair?
The Windows Installer Service keeps triggering a repair operation (self-repair) of a package installed on my desktop. I am unable to find the cause and resolve the problem permanently.
How do I find ...
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Silently uninstall using msiexec without closing explorer.exe
I am trying to use the msi uninstaller to uninstall inventor 2011 but doing it silently causes explorer to close and not restart. I have a VB script from Autodesk that will work however it is not ...
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How to uninstall previous version and install new version on multiple remote PCs
I have msi for TFS controls. When I release a new version of the controls, I want remotely to uninstall the old version and install the new one for all the computers in the department. How can I do it?...
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Application to automate Windows software installation in a test lab
I have several test environments (hyper-V) which contain a variety of windows servers. Each machine needs periodically rolling back to a given snapshot and then re-installing with the latest version ...
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specify temp folder for msi extracted files used for installation
I was recently installing Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 to create my build server on a VM (Windows 2003 R2 Std), I was wondering that it would be nice to specify the ...
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MSI Install over network with Admin Rights
I have been asked to install software.msi over a network to a group of users as they logon. My issue is that they also need admin rights to install this software. I have tried using runas command but ...
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Preparing computers for remote MSI installation in NT4 domain
We recently purchased EMCO Remote Installer to deploy MSI packages we're creating. We are still (unfortunately) in an NT4 domain, and when I try to deploy a package using domain's administrator ...
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Connection string during installation
I've been convinced to use windows setup files(msi) for the installation of my new windows forms application after I asked a question here and got some excellent answers (thank you all):
.Net ...
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Mark MSI to be installed on Windows Server 2003 as non administrator
Guys, girls, I'm a developer so forgive my naivete on system fronts, I've come for the guru's who know better than I on these issues.
I am trying to be a corporate citizen and not run my services on ...
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How to deploy a MSI that needs a per-machine parameter?
I'm developing a MSI package that installs my product. I do my best to follow all the best practice, however, there is one thing I haven't found anywhere how to do best. I need to supply one parameter ...
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Active directory failing to deploy a converted MSI file to clients via GPO
I have been struggling with deploying a Kaspersky network agent to my clients that are part of the work Domain.
I have performed the below steps;
Joined the client to the domain
Ping the name of the ...
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GPO MSI Install - Error 1305.Error reading from file
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Adobe Reader DC msi
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I'm trying to install Adobe Reader remotely and silently to a set of PCs in a Windows Domain.
I have setup a network share, ABC-Deploy$, containing the ...
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how to fix dll registration error with msi?
there is a setup file created by installshield, so used silent switch and deployed the application.
newer version of same exe is available now, when deployed with silent switch, during upgrade it is ...
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msi Radio button text is not showing completely, how to fix that?
Radio button text is not showing completely.In the final install screen it is showing with characters truncated.
If you observe, the last words are truncated as in below screen.
But in the dialogs ...
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How to add values to ansible-playbook instead of overwrite it?
As per today, I have the following role, this role simulate a basic installation of the product:
- name: Install Server.msi primary_appserver
ansible.windows.win_package:
path: C:\product.msi
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Windows installer package throwing error when I try running it from file server
Right now I am trying to use PDQ deploy to push out an update (20.2.40) for a software called Bluebeam, if you haven't heard of it, it's essentially a PDF editor.
I have also tried running this MSI ...
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Installing msi applications silently with arguments using PowerShell script fails
I'm trying to install an msi application silently with a Powershell script with some arguments but it fails. The logs that I get from msiexec is not help full at all.
I believe this is a fault in the ...
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MSI Error 1612 during uninstallation
I was trying to uninstall one application from SCCM. This application was installed about 4 years ago.
I used uninstall option in application based deployment. However, it was failed with error 1612.
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Install Multiple Instances of Windows Service using WiX Toolset
I want to install an msi multiple times on a machine. The purpose of this is to install multiple instances of a service with different service names.
I am able to install one service with a user ...
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Trend Micro Anti-Virus / Deep Security Unattended Installation
I would greatly appreciate if someone with operational knowledge about Trend Micro Deep Security, could verify or debunk the following statement:
The software cannot be installed unattended client-...
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GPO is applied but software is not installed
I'm trying to install Zimbra Connector for Outlook via Windows Group Policy on target computers. The problem is the policy is applied to the computers but software is not installed. I've checked the ...
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MSI Authoring - Properties are not being read from MSI
I am using Advanced Installer to author the MSI but this issue should be standard to MSIs in general.
To avoid the headaches of having to uninstall\reinstall MSI packages every time I want to make a ...
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Silent install msi applications with arguments using PowerShell
I am fairly new to powershell scripting.
I need to silently install an msi file using PowerShell with dynamic property.
I am able to edit the location where the file will be installed.
Start-...
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MSI installer finishes succesfully but no files are copied to the installation path
We have a MSI installer that we cannot install in one Windows 7. The whole process finishes OK but when you go to program installation path there is nothing in there. It didn't even creates the main ...
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