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Tagged with msi installation
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How can I speed up MSI package install and uninstall?
When installing and uninstalling Windows Installer packages, or MSI files as they are called, the progress of the installation appears signifiantly slower than with other installation packages.
Why ...
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How do I run a .msi installer with elevated priviledges on Windows
Normally you can right-click an executable and select "Run As" and away you go, but it doesn't seem to work for .msi files.
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Install .msi from script, detect when install is done
I'm trying to make an install script. I want to install an .msi file, Python, and then install other things after Python is installed. I already see how to do a command-line install. However, msiexec ...
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What does /v/qn parameter do for windows silent installers?
This page says to do a silent install you pass in the parameters /s /v/qn. It mentions what /s does - silent install - but not what /v/qn does.
So what does it do? Why the weird format? (on one ...
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How can I eliminate the huge, cached MSI files in C:\Windows\Installer?
The size of the MSI cache folder (C:\Windows\Installer) has grown substantially, and is now taking up way too much disk space on my (domain) computers. Can this folder be eliminated or shrunk?
Same ...
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What could be causing MsiInstaller to continuously reconfigure applications(EventID 1035)?
I have a brand-new machine that we just installed Windows Server 2008 Enterprise on about two months ago. In the event log, I am seeing thousands of EventID 1035 logged. This is MsiInstaller ...
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Published software not displayed in Add/Remove Programs
I just followed How to use Group Policy to remotely install software in Windows Server 2003 to try publishing a software (MSI file). I could follow all the steps, but the supposedly successfully ...
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Re/Installing an MSI, getting 'not a valid short file name' error
We are running windows 2008.
We have a windows service called ImportService, that is installed via an MSI package.
A previous version was installed about 3 months ago without problems.
When have ...
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GPO Link Disabled, will Software gets uninstalled?
I have been pushing installation of a software via GPO. If the software has been installed on all workstations needing it, will disabling the GPO link (or deleting the link outright) cause the ...
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Options for remote administration of Firefox on a Windows network
I'm a web developer responsible for an intranet. I develop using Firefox, but the IT guys here plan to use only Internet Explorer on the network going forwards.
This is because IE can be installed / ...
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MSI keeps trying to install, and I can't stop it - why?
Somehow my desktop system has been infected with Roxio Media Manager... I say it that way only because the MSI is continually executing on my system and I can't make it stop. The install never ...
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install msi using group policy
1) If we install/push msi using group policy can/will we see installation steps/Wizard/options which we can see if start installtaion using setup.exe by double clicking it.
2)Can some provide some ...
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How can I compare the content of two (or more) MSI files?
How can I do a "content compare" of two (or more) MSI files and see what is actually different inside the files - instead of doing a useless binary compare? (which obviously only tells me if I am ...
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Install Visual C# Express 2010 onto client machines - redistributable package needed
I would like to install Visual C# Express 2010 onto several machines on the Windows network at the school where I work. I can only find web and ISO installers, but I really need MSIs for both Visual C#...
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Recurrence of an MSIEXEC package deployment through GPO
We want to use this simple command in a batch file:
msiexec /package "\path\package.msi" /quiet /norestart
We want to deploy it to all users and their machines.
We want it to be installed only once, ...
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Installing software as an Update
My company uses SCCM 2007 and Windows 7. I have a rather complicated application deployment that I need to do. To make a long story short, I have to automatically install this while no users are ...
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How can I run msi file on Windows Server 2008? [closed]
When I run an *.msi file on Windows Server 2008? I keep getting this error.
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Why running second time ansible.windows.win_package isn't working?
I have a product that I can install it first, then update it - meaning to add more feature to my base product
I do it by execute the MSI first time, then going to Add \ Remove Programs and when ...
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App MSI install hangs up on newly imaged PCs (Win10) [closed]
I'm working on an issue that got kicked up to me from Tier 1. I have a proprietary app that's built into an MSI for deployment with a VBscript. I didn't do the build and I don't have access to the ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Manually updating software, installed via GPO, results in two versions installed
Notebook received a software package version 1 via GPO from a network share. Then v2 of the same application was installed manually on that computer. Installer removed old v1.
Several days later, ...
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