Change MSI log location to network share for GPO deployments

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TLDR: how do I set the equivalent of the /L*V "C:\package.log" msiexec cmdline option in a transforms file?

I have an MSI I want to push to several computers in a domain. I'd like to look at the MSI installation log in each computer to make sure it installed properly.

I know normally Windows Installer leaves log files in %temp% named MSI.txt. However I'd like to have the logs in some central location so I can look at them carefully.

Is there a way to ask Windows Installer to put these logs into a folder on the network? Basically a way to say /L*V "C:\package.log" (which normally goes in the command line to msiexec) in a transform file I can set in the GPO?

There is a MsiLogLocation property but it's read-only, so nothing happens when I set it in Orca or in the command line to msiexec.

user520081

Posted 2015-11-10T13:12:54.963

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