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Deployment Tips (8)

Most Common Setup Type
Legacy Setup with command line support
Average Package Difficulty Rating
Rated 2 / 5 (Somewhat Easy) based on 3 ratings
Most Commonly Reported Deployment Method
Vendor Provided Command Line (switch driven)

Deployment Tip Summary

VMWare-player-1.0.1-19317.exe /s /v"/qb ALLUSERS=2 REBOOT=ReallySuppress"
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Command Line
To remove shortcuts add one or more of the following in the commandline:

DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=0
QUICKLAUNCH_SHORTCUT=0
STARTMENU_SHORTCUT=0
Setup Information:
Setup Type: unspecified
Deployment Method Used: unspecified
Deployment Difficulty: unspecified
Platform(s): Windows
119
Command Line
Silent Install
Using executable

VMWare-player-1.0.1-19317.exe /s /v"/qb ALLUSERS=2 REBOOT=ReallySuppress"

Using extracted MSI Admin install ("VMware-player-1.0.1-19317.exe" /a)

"VMWare Player.msi" /qb ALLUSERS=2 REBOOT=ReallySuppress

Silent Uninstall
Using executable

VMWare-player-1.0.1-19317.exe /s /v"Remove=ALL /qb"

Using extracted MSI Admin Install

msiexec.exe /X "VMWare Player.msi" /qb

Can also use the Package GUID to uninstall either the .exe or MSI Admin installations. This will more than likely change from version to version but can be obtained with a package editor or from the the uninstall string in the registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall (search for VMWare)

MsiExec.exe /x {31799B14-B3E7-4522-B393-6206C03EC5D3} /QB
Setup Information:
Setup Type: unspecified
Deployment Method Used: unspecified
Deployment Difficulty: unspecified
Platform(s): Windows
117
Note
If File Associations are not showing for users, force per Machine install with ALLUSERS=1



Setup Information:
Setup Type: unspecified
Deployment Method Used: unspecified
Deployment Difficulty: unspecified
Platform(s): Windows
117
Note

If using the Altiris Deployment Server you have to add the error code 3010 and tell it to continue. The code is saying the system needs to reboot to finish and if you don't handle it your job will report as failed.

Setup Information:
Setup Type: unspecified
Deployment Method Used: unspecified
Deployment Difficulty: unspecified
Platform(s): Windows
116
Command Line
For 1.0.1, I installed directly from the .exe:

VMware-player-1.0.1-19317.exe /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=ALL ALLUSERS=2 REBOOT=ReallySuppress"

del /f "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop\VMware Player.lnk"
del /f "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\VMware Player.lnk"
Setup Information:
Setup Type: unspecified
Deployment Method Used: unspecified
Deployment Difficulty: unspecified
Platform(s): Windows
114
Note
This is an msi package wrapped in an exe. You can't extract it from the exe from you can create an admin install ...

Start > Run >
"VMware-player-1.0.1-19317.exe" /a

This will give you the msi pacakage.

Create the MST file using Wise InstallTailor, or use ORCA to edit the Property tables as you wish.
Setup Information:
Setup Type: unspecified
Deployment Method Used: unspecified
Deployment Difficulty: unspecified
Platform(s): Windows
0
Command Line

VMware-player-4.0.3-703057.exe /s /noSilentReboot /log <Path to log file> /clean

Setup Information:
Setup Type: unspecified
Deployment Method Used: unspecified
Deployment Difficulty: unspecified
Platform(s): Windows
0
Note

VMware-player-x.x.x-xxxxxx.exe /?

Modes:

/e or /extract <path to extract to>  - Extract contents
/l or /list  - List Contents
/p or /pack  -  Generate a package

Options:

/c or /cfgfile <path to config file>  - Specify a config file
/T or /Temp <path to temp file> - specify a directory to use as temp extraction point
/S or /SearchPaths <path to search for files>
/P or /Package <path to package>  - Specify a package file to use
/s or /silent  - Silent install or uninstall
/nsr or /noSilentReboot  - supress reboot after successful silent install or uninstall
/f2 or /log <path to log>  - specify logging location & file name
/d or /debug  - Output debug info in the log
/V or /verbose - Enable verbose log
/L or /Lang <English language name, 3 letter abbrev, or localized lang name>  - specified installer language
/z or /var <"Key"="Value" pairs>  - specify a set of variables to override
/x or /uninst  - Uninstall
/clean  - clean out registry info

Setup Information:
Setup Type: unspecified
Deployment Method Used: unspecified
Deployment Difficulty: unspecified
Platform(s): Windows

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