2. Create an admin install from the extracted files using the following command and point it to network location.
"C:\Packages\dotnetv2\Extracted\install.exe" /a
3. If you try and tun the created "netfx.msi" it will fail with the message "To install this product please run Install.exe"
Fire up ORCA and either search for the above error message or just find the "CustomAction" table and drop the row "CA_BlockDirectInstall_GUIH_SKU_URT.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8"
Also add the action "REBOOT=ReallSuppress" to the Property table.
*** Create a MST for MS .NET Framework v2.0.
The recipe:
1) Create a Admin Install (DotNetFx.exe /c:"MsiExec.exe /a NetFx.msi TARGETDIR=[Path] /l* DotNetFx_Admin.log" /q) ---
2) Make a backup copy of the original NetFx.msi file as example I use: NetFx_ORCA.msi.
3) Open NetFx_ORCA.msi in Orca.
Note: This file comes with the Microsoft Platform SDK.
You can change the following propertys:
* In the Table row (left screen) click on the 'Property' table.
USING_EXUIH = (1/0), Disable the forced use of Install.exe, you have to create this property. Default =0 (Force it).
4) Create the FINAL Transforms file (MST): "NetFx.mst"
MsiTran.exe -g "[PathTo]/NetFx.msi" "[PathTo]/NetFx_ORCA.msi" "[PathTo]/NetFx.mst"
5) Now you can apply the transform on the command line as follows:
MsiExec.exe /i NetFx.msi TRANSFORMS="NetFx.mst" /qb!
Or it can be applied through the modification tab in the Group Policy using Active Directory.
--- Do the same (0 to 4) for the languagepack (replace NetFx with LangPack) ---
--- Update: It is possible to use the same mst for NetFx and LangPack installations!
*** Notes ***
Most propertys discussed can be given in the commandline, like:
MsiExec.exe /i ....msi OPTION=...
Orca.exe is a FREE database table editor for creating and editing Windows Installer packages and merge modules.
See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/orca_exe.asp
MsiTran.exe is a FREE tool to generate or apply a transform file.
See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/msitran_exe.asp
MsiTran.exe will be installed in: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Bin".
ORCA and MsiTran Notes:
- ORCA and MsiTran come with the Microsoft Platform SDK.
See: http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate / http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/platform_sdk_components_for_windows_installer_developers.asp
- Orca.msi, MsiTran.exe and others will be installed in: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\Bin".
- Instead of the the executable MsiTran.exe you could use the new 'Gen.vbs' ~ Create this vbs as described in the Platform SDK help file ~. But, as far as I tried it, it didn't work!
The command-line options for the Windows Installer 3.1 package didn't recognise the switches mentioned above in upper-case. I had to specify them in lower case -ie,
To deploy only the MSI without a command line do the following:
1. Extract the contents of the setup package - dotnetfx.exe /t:c:\temp /c (or you can substitute any path of your choosing for c:\temp)
2. Create an administrative install point - c:\temp\install.exe /a
3. Remove the following custom action from the MSI: CA_BlockDirectInstall_GUIH_SKU_URT
You should now be able to deploy only the MSI from the administrative installation point.
I was able to add only the MSI to a WinINSTALL package list and it deployed successfully.
That means that if you want to install the .NET Framework 2.0 and create a log file in a path with spaces you need to use a command line like the following:
dotnetfx.exe /q:a /c:"install.exe /l ""c:\Documents and Settings\myusername\Local Settings\Temp\netfx.log"" /q"
The key thing to note in this command line is that you have to double-quote any quotation marks that appear inside the quotes for the /c command line parameter. Double-quoting is the way that you have to escape quotation marks when passing command line parameters to an IExpress self-extracting executable package.
Deployment of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 x86 using Active Directory.
Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 must already be deployed.
1. Download dotnetfx35.exe from http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/0/f/60fc5854-3cb8-4892-b6db-bd4f42510f28/dotnetfx35.exe
2. Run dotnetfx35.exe /x to extract the files
3. Move wcu\dotNetFramework\dotNetFX20 into the root, eg to D:\dotNetFX20.
4. To create Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 admin install run
msiexec /a Netfx20a_x86.msi /update D:\dotNetFX20\ASPNET.msp;D:\dotNetFX20\clr.msp;D:\dotNetFX20\crt.msp;D:\dotNetFX20\dw.msp;D:\dotNetFX20\NetFX_CA.msp;D:\dotNetFX20\NetFX_Core.msp;D:\dotNetFX20\NetFX_Other.msp;D:\dotNetFX20\prexp.msp;D:\dotNetFX20\winforms.msp USING_EXUIH=1 REBOOT=ReallySuppress /log D:\dotNetFX20\netfx20a_x86.txt TARGETDIR=D:\dotNetFX20admin
then copy D:\dotNetFX20\Netfx20a_x86.msi to D:\dotNetFX20admin and move D:\dotNetFX20admin to network share.
5. Add Netfx20a_x86.msi to an Active Directory GPO.
An x64 version can also be created and deployed using this method.
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