We’re trying to install Microsoft Reader, which uses an Installshield .exe that doesn’t seem to support any switches. So, even launching from the command line, the interface pops up. Knowing that, we still used the Windows Software Distribution Wizard to create a task. It downloads and extracts just fine, but when we try to install it with BigFix like so:
wait __Download\MSReaderSetupUSA.exe
the action begins and we see the “action running” BigFix popup, but the Installshield interface doesn’t open and the action status remains “Running” until we kill the Installshield process in the client computer. My guess is that this because SYSTEM is doing the installing rather than the currently logged-in user. We can’t use the RunAsCurrentUser, though, because our user doesn’t have Admin privileges and we really don’t want to give them out.
Is there any way to install it, either silently or with some user interaction, that doesn’t require Admin privs, and maybe doesn’t require RunAsCurrenUser?
Start the installer under Vista or Windows 7, launch the Task Manager, get Properties on Setup.exe (via right click), and check the path in the Location field. That should lead you to the “Disk1” folder.
(Anyone know how to get the path of a running executable in XP?)
Ah, there we go. It was in the temp folder within my admin account’s profile, not my normal user account’s profile. Thanks! I’ll see where it goes from here…