Packaging Guide for MSI & APP-V

Issue:- 1)      Setting custom installation of the application in silent more 2)      Disabling updates 3)      Removing the startup window 4)      /QB switch does give GUI 5)      During uninstall explorer.exe is restarted. Type :- MSI Solution:- Ultra edit 18.00.1025 ,is the text, HTML and hex editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. UltraEdit is also an XML editor including a tree-style XML parser. For the custom installation of this application , when in UI mode can be easily done, but when installing it with silent switches it is a problem. When you open the MSI using any tool,  you find that there are no dialog boxes . Also there are no properties set for the installation type. On taking log of the installation as well you do not find any solution. When you compare the silent installation and the GUI installation with custom installation using picture...

Issues :- Application cannot be captured. We have to install using the silent switches. TYPE: - MSI Method:- For installing the patch you can use silesnt switches /QUIET or /PASSIVE. In /QUIET mode, there is no GUI, where as in /passive mode there will be GUI without any user interaction. To disable the first launch window we need to add a registry HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DisableFirstRunCustomize = DWORD=1 To disable auto updates  HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\NoUpdateCheck = DWORD=0

Issues:- 1)        Suppressing the prompt of file associations. 2)        Disable auto updates Type :- MSI Solution :- This application has at least two to three ways of resolving this issues. Possibly one of the application where you might get to enrich your knowledge on packaging. So, here we start . The source provided is a executable file ,i.e. the .EXE  file. This exe file extracts 3 MSIs to the %TEMP% location. The names of these applications are “AppleApplicationSupport.msi” ,  “Quicktime” , “AppleSoftwareUpdate”. The AppleSoftwareUpdate MSI need not be installed when you are making a package. Apple application support MSI needs to be installed before installing the Quicktime.msi. The customization for apple application support msi can be easily customized , without much trouble. For the Quicktime.msi , we need to do certain customizations. On launching the shortcuts, we g...

The most common method of ensuring applications remain highly available is through Windows Installer file associations. This mechanism operates very much the same way as Windows Installer shortcuts, but instead of directly linking to an application's executable file, the association is made by a registered file type. Windows Installer file associations are defined using the same mechanism that standard file associations use. This cryptic-looking string, sometimes referred to as a "Darwin Descriptor" is actually an encoded representation of a specific product, component, and feature. If this extra value exists, Windows Installer will decode the data, and use it to perform checks against that product and component. If the component is found to be missing or corrupt, Windows Installer will launch a repair to restore the missing file or data, and finally launch the referenced application as normal, passing the appropriate command-line options to it. While Packaging, we c...