Kevin - how long have you been on this list? (to the rest of the list, sorry for the intrusion. Kevin P and I used to work together years ago and this is the first time I have noticed him on the list. )
On Thursday, January 1, 2015, Kevin Pethick <[email protected]> wrote: > Also worth checking the ,exe isn't just a wrapper, that just extracts an > msi and installs that,. > If that's the case you can often extract the msi yourself and deploy that. > > On 1 January 2015 at 22:03, Michael B. Smith <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> +1 >> >> >> >> As long as the EXE install is “silent”, it should work fine. >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> [mailto: >> [email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>] *On >> Behalf Of *[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> *Sent:* Thursday, January 1, 2015 5:01 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] EXE to MSI >> >> >> >> I'd do it with a script, personally, depending on environment size and >> infrastructure tools available. >> >> >> GP startup script would be ideal, in the absence of anything that would >> make life easier >> >> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on O2 >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From: *J- P <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> >> >> *Sender: *[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> >> *Date: *Thu, 1 Jan 2015 11:48:10 -0500 >> >> *To: *NT<[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> >> >> *ReplyTo: *[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> >> *Subject: *[NTSysADM] EXE to MSI >> >> >> >> Hi all and Happy New year. >> >> It's been a while since I had to push out an EXE app (as most now come >> with MSI), anyhow this vendor is still stuck a few decades behind ;) >> >> >> I vaguely recall having an application that converted EXE to MSI, but >> cant remember it for the life of me. >> What do most people do/use to deploy an executable? >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> >> >
