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Created with version 10.2.1 1) extract the Installer to a Temp location by double-clicking the downloaded installer. Cancel the automated launch when extraction completes. 2) create an AIP wi… Read More

For a Landesk batch package I used 3 files: 1. bat script (install_arcgis10_1.bat) 2. zip file containing the installation files (arcgis10_1.zip) 3. 7zip.exe (just download the executable fr… Read More

For Version 9.3 I just copied the Desktop folder into a zip then used Msiexec /I desktop\setup.msi INSTALLDIR=C:\ArcGIS ESRI_LICENSE_HOST=License server SOFTWARE_CLASS=Editor /qb It instal… Read More

At a minimum, to install ArcGIS you can make a batch file to run these 3 msi: Msiexec.exe /I <dir>\Desktop\setup.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL ESRI_LICENSE_HOST="" SOFTWARE_CLASS=Editor /qb Msiexec.exe /I… Read More

A single user activation script looks something like this. The license is machine dependent. "c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\ArcGIS\bin\SoftwareAuthorization.exe" LIF ArcInfoEnterpriseAc… Read More

Here is the uninstall string for ArcGIS 9: msiexec /qn /X{5033400B-0977-45AB-94CE-CC135A8E1BBB} RebootYesNo="No" Reboot="ReallySuppress" In SCCM I modified the MSI with Orca as mentioned in t… Read More

Simply make a administrative install in a network environment: msiexec /a “path_to.msi” TARGETDIR="path_to_destinantion" Edit ensuing MSI with Orca and change, under p… Read More

Simply make a administrative install in a network environment: msiexec /a “path_to.msi” TARGETDIR="path_to_destinantion" Edit ensuing MSI with Orca and change, under properties tabl… Read More

You can create a provisioning file (.prvc) that pre-populates information to be used when registering a single user license: http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/install_guides/license_… Read More

Uninstall of ArcGIS Desktop 9.3: msiexec /x {5033400B-0977-45AB-94CE-CC135A8E1BBB} C:\Python25\UNWISE.EXE /a /s C:\Python25\INSTALL.LOG C:\Python25\Removenumpy.exe -u C:\Python25\numpy-wininst… Read More

We had an issue where after ArcGIS was installed, Microsoft Updates wouldn't work on a 32-bit Windows 7 installation. The solution was to change the value for the "RegistrySizeLimit" registry k… Read More

We had issues where you could not uninstall ArcGIS 9.0 enough to upgrade to ArcGIS 9.2. Other than any leftover files, the THOUSANDS of registry leftovers was preventing upgrades. What follows … Read More

If you want .NET support to be installed, make sure that .NET Framework 1.0 or 1.1 is installed prior to the ArcGIS Desktop installation. Otherwise .NET support will not be installed even if yo… Read More

I used InstallShield AdminStudio to create an mst file. I needed to remove the executable that runs after installation where he asks to install Crystal Reports, some tutorial and the developer … Read More

ArcGIS 9.1 installs the Python application. If deploying this as a silent install this will be installed, however it will not be removed on an uninstall. Best thing to do to make it removable i… Read More

I ran into a problem with this on Windows XPSP2. It seems that their MSI package will not install properly if DEP is enabled. Here's a link: http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.… Read More

ESRI supports the use of the msi parameter ADDLOCAL=ALL to perform a complete install. Read More