free msi package software to make msi from exe to deploy via GPO?
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I had a bit of a brain freeze when I saw this thread as I have been wondering this myself all day.
I found bits and pieces about WinInstall LE and making .zap files but to be honest nothing I came across sounded particularly elegant. Anyone care to share their wizard skills?
I found bits and pieces about WinInstall LE and making .zap files but to be honest nothing I came across sounded particularly elegant. Anyone care to share their wizard skills?
If your software can be installed silently you might wanna look at http://wpkg.org/
Its a replacement for deploying software via GPO, and will take far more than MSIs and best of all its open source
Its a replacement for deploying software via GPO, and will take far more than MSIs and best of all its open source
I had almost forgotten!
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/bb932316.aspx
Adminstudio SCCM edition. Its a special edition for use with SCCM (which i use with the full version), but its free standing and most importantly it has the best repackaging tool out there by far. It can nail installscript installs which can cause you dependancy hell later on with older software.
Cant do post edits with it though, but you could use http://www.advancedinstaller.com/download.html which has a freeware version with enough functionallity to work an MSI post capture.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/bb932316.aspx
Adminstudio SCCM edition. Its a special edition for use with SCCM (which i use with the full version), but its free standing and most importantly it has the best repackaging tool out there by far. It can nail installscript installs which can cause you dependancy hell later on with older software.
Cant do post edits with it though, but you could use http://www.advancedinstaller.com/download.html which has a freeware version with enough functionallity to work an MSI post capture.
I just gave that Advanced Installer software a try and it seemed to work quite well. I repackaged a small .exe (7zip) and seemed to work fine when using the .msi installer it created on another machine.
It will take a bit of testing to get it 100% correct but so far so good, thanks again for the link.
It will take a bit of testing to get it 100% correct but so far so good, thanks again for the link.
damn! that advanced installer software is brilliant! work fine every software i throw in!
only got a wee problem, when deploy a MSI which created by said software, it doesnt create desktop/menu program short cuts in all users folder so therefore domain users wont see them when logged in.
anyone?
cheers
only got a wee problem, when deploy a MSI which created by said software, it doesnt create desktop/menu program short cuts in all users folder so therefore domain users wont see them when logged in.
anyone?
cheers
