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Helpful Application Packaging Information and Links

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jsjj01
April 6th, 2007
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Have you ever tried to package an application only to see it blow up on you? We have all experienced the mysterious errors during software installations. How do we take an EXE and turn it into an MSI file? What switches are where and what exactly do they do? How do we do a complete install instead of a typical install? I have included some links that have helped me "master" the art of application packaging. Enjoy!

http://www.appdeploy.com/

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/227091

http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps4q05-...

http://www.brianmadden.com

Add any other links that you find helpful to share the wealth with others.

John

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trb48
2 years 33 weeks ago

More refrences:

I submitted a tip a few weeks ago with similar references:

Silent Install Packages

If you want to package something, you should have enough resources between these two tips!

-trb48

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riva11
2 years 33 weeks ago

Thanks to both of you for

Thanks to both of you for such interesting references.

Regards
PM

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erikw
2 years 33 weeks ago

I agree

I agree With riva11

The information is great, and my job is getting easier by the day.

Thnxssss

Regards
Erik
www.DinamiQs.com
Dinamiqs is the home of VirtualStorm (www.virtualstorm.org)

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jsjj01
2 years 32 weeks ago

Thanks for the heads up

I don't know how I missed your post. Great links. Thanks.

John

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riva11
2 years 32 weeks ago

An additional link from

An additional link from Microsoft KB about MSI creation for third-party programs : How to create a third-party Microsoft Installer package

Regards
PM

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ScoopD
2 years 30 weeks ago

Think more Basic-er

There is always Start -> Help and Support -> Msiexec

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ScoopD
2 years 30 weeks ago

Couple more for the less experienced

Here are a couple more links to pages about packaging / repackaging that I found years ago and are still up on the net.

http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/tools/realmen/det/msi.en.html

http://www.software-repackaging.com/

http://www.installsite.org/ (this one is Installshield oriented, but still has plenty to offer)

http://www.dawnstar.com.au/wpshelp/basics.html

Always Handy -

http://support.microsoft.com/dllhelp/

Closer to home -

https://kb.altiris.com/

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riva11
2 years 30 weeks ago

Just an idea Juice

Just an idea Juicemaster,
can you write a new page with all links included in this article and all posts?

Thanks
PM

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