Deployment Solution

Hi all,

is there a chance to run existing rapidinstall packages in Vista? I get the error message, that XP is requiered based on the Rapid Install package Options. When i look at the Package i cant choos Vista as Operating System.

Thanks

If your rapidinstall packages are written to explicitly check for Windows XP as the operating system, then you will not be able to run these packages on Vista without resetting the system requirements on each package.

There is ONE possibility of working around this, which I have not tested. However, vista allows you to set the properties of a shortcut to an executable, so that the exe perceives an older operating system when it starts up. Whether you can set up a similar "emulation" for a rapidinstall package by setting up a shortcut to it, with XP as the "faked" operating system version, is something you will have to try for yourself.

However, this approach may be OK for a single installation, but would not be suitable for a corporate environment.

You are right, this is working. Maybe this is a solution until we have repackaged everything.

Thank you

Just tick all the boxes in terms of operating systems.  This will allow you to install a RapidInstall package under Vista or Windows 7.

Didn't work for me, unfortunately, in DS 6.9 SP3.