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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The corporate benefits of using MSI files
What are the advantages of using .msi files over regular setup.exe files?
I have the impression that deployment is easier on machines where users have few permissions, but not sure about the details....
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Group Policy installation failed error 1274
I'm trying to deploy an MSI via the Group Policy in Active Directory. But these are the errors I'm getting in the System event log after logging in:
The assignment of application XStandard from ...
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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.
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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?
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Is it possible to disable msiexec help GUI?
I'm automating unattended retrieval & installation of specified .msi packages with a powershell script but if the command is invoked with syntax errors the msiexec will wait indefinitely for an OK ...
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MSI package for reg deployment
What is the best way to create MSI package to deploy a registry key over a network, rather than using GPO.
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Find GUID of MSI Package
How can I find the GUID of an MSI package? I would like to script the removal of a program on a large number of desktops by using:
msiexec.exe /x ProductCode
Any reason why this would not work ...
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Is there anyway to get msiexec to echo to stdout instead of logging to a file
As part of a continuous delivery pipeline I'd like to install an msi on a given machine. msiexec plus psexec does this perfectly, but it seems that msiexec can only log to a file and I need it to log ...
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How do I determine what the Windows Installer (msiexec) is doing?
After rolling out a new software package, I'm seeing high CPU usage on machines. One process that seems to be really active is msiexec, which really shouldn't be running. I'm watching it in process ...
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I deployed Flash Player via a Software Installation policy. How to upgrade?
I have a Windows Server 2008 machine as my DC. Earlier this year I created a Software Installation GPO to deploy Adobe Flash Player plugin MSI. I assigned the policy to the computers, about half run ...
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Installing MSI via Group Policy in a Fully Unattended Way
I have some MSI files I would like to install via Group Policy. Does anyone know how to do this or know a document that explains how to do this that meets the following criteria:
When installed by ...
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I want to install an MSI twice
I have a peculiar wish to install an msi twice on a machine.
The purpose of the double install is to first install under the pre-production folder, run the deployment in a safe environment prior to ...
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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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Deploying .msi application through GPO doesn't work
I've been trying to deploy the forticlient SSL VPN application (.msi format) into my domain machines, using a GPO. Even though I made a silent previous installation by issuing the command: msiexec /qb ...
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Thunderbird msi installer package
I am in need of a thunderbird msi (Microsoft Installer) package which can be deployed via group policies using Microsoft ActiveDirectory.
I am very pleased with the Firefox packaged provided by ...
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Cleanup pending installation
I have an old PC with Windows 2000 that I want to reanimate. Each time I start the PC I see a dialog box "Windows Installer","Installation wird vorbereitet." (Preparing installation).
I can cancel ...
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