PADT – MSIEXEC

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PowerShell Application Deployment Toolkit is a tool very powerful to use MSIEXEC:

  • Installing using MSI
  • Installing using MSI with MST
  • Patching using MSP
  • Uninstalling…

Log files are created in the same folder as the log file of the main script.The log folder is defined in the file AppDeployToolkit\AppDeployToolkitConfig.xml.

For example: <Toolkit_LogPath>$envSystemDrive\Logs</Toolkit_LogPath>

 

MSI

MSI must be copied in the “Files” folder

## Install MSI
Write-Log "----- Installing InstallFile.msi -----"
Execute-MSI -Action 'Install' -Path 'InstallFile.msi'

 

MSI / MST

MSI and MST must be copied in the same folder, in the “Files” folder

## Install MSI+MST
Write-Log "----- Installing InstallFile.msi + TransformFile.mst -----"
Execute-MSI -Action 'Install' -Path 'InstallFile.msi' -Transform 'TransformFile.mst'

 

If MSI and MST are copied in a subfolder of the “Files” folder

## Install MSI+MST
Write-Log "----- Installing InstallFile.msi + TransformFile.mst -----"
Execute-MSI -Action 'Install' -Path 'Sub-Folder\InstallFile.msi' -Transform 'TransformFile.mst'

 

MSP

MSP must be copied in the “Files” folder

## Install MSP
Write-Log "----- Installing PatchFile.msp -----"
Execute-MSI -Action 'Patch' -Path 'PatchFile.msp'

 

Uninstall MSI

To use the ProductCode, the MSI must be still in the cache of the machine.

To use the MSI file, it must be copied in the “Files” folder

## Uninstall MSI
Write-Log "----- Uninstalling {ProductCode} -----"
Execute-MSI -Action 'Uninstall' -Path '{ProductCode}'

## OR

## Uninstall MSI
Write-Log "----- Uninstalling MSI -----"
Execute-MSI -Action 'Uninstall' -Path 'InstallFile.msi'

 

To launch Uninstallation program:

Deploy-Application.exe -DeploymentType “Uninstall”