New Post: New to the toolkit
I think this will help me do what I've been tasked with, but hopefully you can tell me. I need to uninstall Adobe Acrobat Pro X, from a bunch of computers in my environment. I tried initially, with a...
View ArticleNew Post: New to the toolkit
You've certainly come to the right place, friend. If you download PSADT you'll see that one of the included Examples is for Adobe Reader. I can tell you from extremely recent experience that...
View ArticleNew Post: New to the toolkit
Yes, that sounds awesome. I have downloaded the toolkit, and I've just started to read the Administrator Guide. But, is it possible to use the uninstall as you mentioned above, without installing...
View ArticleNew Post: New to the toolkit
Yes you can use this function to create an installation deployment that actually just performs an uninstallation. You would just need to consider your detection method that would work across all...
View ArticleNew Post: How is the best way to test scripts
Hello , I´m new to this ADT and it rocks. But I´m wondering how is the best way to develop scripts and test them ? I´ve tried the Deploy-Application.exe /install , but its not working. I then whent to...
View ArticleNew Post: Potential Bug in 3.1.6/3.2.0 Beta
I am taking a look at this issue to see what the problem is. Can you please tell me what version of PowerShell you are using?
View ArticleNew Post: Potential Bug in 3.1.6/3.2.0 Beta
PowerShell 2.0, the default version on Win7. There is no plan to upgrade all machines to 3.0.
View ArticleNew Post: Small Visual Bug
I noticed when I added "Microsoft Office Project Professional 2010" into the $appName variable in the PS1 file, the spaces are removed on the post install Show-InstallationPrompt. I just switched to...
View ArticleNew Post: Function Execute-Process in 3.2.0 Beta
The -ErrorAction Stop is for error trapping. It will only stop the script if the Test-path cmdlet produces an error when it tries to check the path. If the path doesn't exist, it will not produce an...
View ArticleNew Post: Compatibility mode
Hello authors, It would be a nice addition in the ADT to install applications in compatibility mode for windows 7 or 8 OS. Here is a guide how to do that via the registry (look at option...
View ArticleNew Post: Function Execute-Process in 3.2.0 Beta
yes, it is error trapping, so when an invalid path is provided then it is stopping the script entirely, "Execution failed The given path's format is not supported", so it won't return $false and...
View ArticleNew Post: Function Execute-Process in 3.2.0 Beta
Ok, now I know why you don't get this problem, it only happens on PowerShell 2.0 Win7, you can run only this simple line to test,Execute-Process -FilePath "$envWinDir\System32\cmd.exe" -Arguments "/c"...
View ArticleNew Post: Function Execute-Process in 3.2.0 Beta
Suggestion, since the minimum requirement is PowerShell 2.0, shouldn't we always test with PowerShell 2.0, I'm not good with PowerShell, but I like the ISE in PowerShell 3.0 though. :)
View ArticleNew Post: MSI properties - Execute-MSI -Action Install -Path
Hi, I need to specify some msi properties via command line in the deploy-application.ps1 and Im having some issues with the syntax: Execute-MSI -Action Install -Path "%application1.msi" -Parameters...
View ArticleNew Post: MSI properties - Execute-MSI -Action Install -Path
Execute-MSI -Action Install -Path "%application1.msi" -Parameters "LicenseKey=xxxxxxxx LicenseTo=xxxxxxxx servername=xxxxxx /qn"
View ArticleNew Post: Show-InstallationWelcome when uninstalling ?
Is there a way to use the function "Show-InstallationWelcome" to show a different message when application is uninstalling ?
View ArticleNew Post: Show-InstallationWelcome when uninstalling ?
Ok, but how can you tell the user that you are about to uninstall the program ? "no welcome message" and a messagebox ?
View ArticleNew Post: Show-InstallationWelcome when uninstalling ?
There are a few different ways you can work around it. You could provide alternative text for the Show-InstallationWelcome message by specifying the relevant variables in the uninstallation phase of...
View ArticleNew Post: How is the best way to test scripts
Always run as Administrator. PowerShell ISE works well. You should be able to run Deploy-Application.exe. What do you mean by uninstall codes? If you're referring to Remove-MSIApplications, the...
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