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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.

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.

Questions regarding MSI desktop motherboards usually fit better on Super User rather than Server Fault.

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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 config change I have an MSI that removes all…
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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-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '/I…
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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 installation folder. I tried changing the path,…
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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 installation for Adobe Reader DC along with two console…
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Single MSI file - many remote applications

How can I create a single MSI installer file for many remote applications in Remote Desktop Services (RDS)? Suppose I have 10 applications exposed via RDS. To make life easier I created MSI installer packages so users can "install" those…
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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 command line, but MSIEXEC complains that things…
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WinZip Courier automatically zipping email attachments

I am trying to create a pre-configured MSI file for WinZip Courier 6 (latest version) within a CMD script (eventually deploying on SCCM). The main MSI property to turn off automatic zipping is "AlwaysZipAttachments" which it set to "0". Now…
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Java MSI install error 3: -2147287037

We want to silent install Java 8 update 60 via its msi. The installation stops with a vague error which isn't very helpful at finding a solution. This is the MSI log: === Verbose logging started: 10.09.2015 07:42:04 Build type: SHIP UNICODE…
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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 Win2k3 server as adminstrator. Unfortunately…
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MSI install reconfigures other apps

I feel silly posting this, but I'm baffled and nobody in my department seems to want to help me out or communicate. I'm supposed to be rolling out a script tonight/tomorrow that installs a new version of one of our crucial programs. I scripted it,…
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Unexpected msi-Setup crash on server 2003

I am encountering the problem that I have an installer which works fine on other server 2003 enviroments but crashes on this one. My researches have lead me to the problem of installing IIS 6.0 - I don´t have the possibility to isert a disk. What I…
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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. Is this because of a manifest file that was…
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error in msiexec for mariadb

This fails (and wont let me add /L for logging) and displays the help popup: Start-Process -FilePath msiexec -ArgumentList /i, "C:\app\install\mariadb-10.0.14-winx64.msi", INSTALLDIR="C:\ipw\bin\MariaDB 10.0\", PASSWORD=sekrit1234,STDCONFIG=0,…
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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 out what is triggering the repair? Is there a list…
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After MSI install, \Windows\Installer DB file name changes

I've been scratching my head about this one, and have googled around for answers, but didn't find anything interesting - I am sure it's probably a matter of my search terms at this point, but I hope someone out there knows why I am seeing this…
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