Repackaging DirectX into a MSI

[--Mike--]

I'd like to roll out DirectX 9c to our workstations, but unfortunately it only comes as a EXE file and not an MSI.

Does anyone have any experience of packaging software up into an MSI and getting it to launch an EXE silently?

Cheers

 

[swinnie]

I'd like to roll out DirectX 9c to our workstations, but unfortunately it only comes as a EXE file and not an MSI.

Does anyone have any experience of packaging software up into an MSI and getting it to launch an EXE silently?

Cheers

Would these be any use?

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=making+an+MSI+file+from+an+EXE+file&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

 

[--Mike--]

I've used WinInstall LE to make a bunch of files into an MSI but I'd like an EXE to be run after the install files have been copied to the target PC.

Does anyone have any experience of this?

 

[swinnie]

I've used WinInstall LE to make a bunch of files into an MSI but I'd like an EXE to be run after the install files have been copied to the target PC.

Does anyone have any experience of this?

Is this for rolling out over Group Policy?

If so can't GPO handle Batch files or something?

 

[--Mike--]

It's not exactly Group Policy, it's a school RM network (shock horror!!), and it needs to be an MSI for it to roll it out, so the command line switches for DirectX would need to be specified within the MSI.

Why couldn't Microsoft make DirectX an MSI in the first place!?!

 

[Burnsy2023]

Have you considered rolling it out via WSUS instead?

Burnsy

 

[--Mike--]

It's really only for one stupid bit of software that needs DirectX and if there was a simple solution I'd be glad of it, but I'm not going to go to great lengths to get WSUS going.

I'm just going to have to install it manually on a room of PCs that's all.

 

[Burnsy2023]

Could you run the exe remotely on each client using psexec? If so, put it in a script

Burnsy

 

[--Mike--]

I might look into that because it could always be handy. Thanks