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Tuesday, November 6, 2018 11:56 AM
Dear Friends,
Anyone one can tell me what is the procedure of exe file convert to msi file because i am depolying application during windows installation.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018 3:07 PM
You don't *need* to convert .exe files to .msi to be able to deploy them during the installation of Windows.
But if you must, you can use Advanced Installer (or other similar tools).
See: https://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-guide/tutorial-convert-exe-to-msi.html
Martin Bengtsson | Blog: www.imab.dk | Twitter: @mwbengtsson
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018 3:21 PM
Keep in mind also that there is no real way to actually convert an .exe installer. An .exe is an application that could possibly do anything and in this case, just happens to install an application. What tools like Advanced Installer and Admin Studio do is capture what the .exe changes on a system and packages these changes into an .msi. This may or may not be sufficient though.
As Martin points out though, there's no reason for you to do this in ConfigMgr though as it is perfectly capable of deploying an .exe installer using the Application model.
Jason | https://home.configmgrftw.com | @jasonsandys
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 4:46 PM
Dear Martin,
I have acquired this software but the file does not work after the converter. :(
Any Other Solution please.
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 4:55 PM
That's because exactly as I noted, there's no such thing as a conversion but as we've both pointed out, there's no reason that you need to do this in the first place.
Jason | https://home.configmgrftw.com | @jasonsandys
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 5:07 PM
Dear Jason,
Have you acquired this software?
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 5:25 PM
I have no idea what you are asking. Why does it matter if I have or haven't acquired some software?
As noted for the fourth time in this thread now, ConfigMgr is perfectly capable of deploying .exe based installers as an Application.
Jason | https://home.configmgrftw.com | @jasonsandys
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 2:11 AM
Hi,
Like Martin and Jason said, SCCM is able to deploy .exe application easily, here are the detailed steps, hope it helps:
http://gerryhampsoncm.blogspot.com/2013/03/sccm-2012-sp1-step-by-step-guide-part_20.html
Regards,
Allen
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018 12:29 PM
Dear friend,
I am follow this link " http://gerryhampsoncm.blogspot.com/2013/03/sccm-2012-sp1-step-by-step-guide-part_20.html " application create and attached TS. now we are installing the windows then shown the error.
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 3:27 PM
On rare occasions I've been able to unzip an exe and find the MSI inside, or I launch an exe and found the msi in a temp folder. These are extremely rare for me, and end up packaging up the exe instead.
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 3:29 PM
You might want to copy the installer local, and open up a command prompt to test the install switches.
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 4:18 PM
That has nothing to do with the installer being an MSI or not.
Not to be rude, but did you read the error message at all? It explicitly says that the files simply can't be found on the distribution point. Thus, you need to distribute the application to your distribution points and validate that they have been successfully distributed. If that has been done, then you need to validate your boundaries and boundary groups as with all content delivery activities.
Finally, have you reviewed smsts.log on the target system?
Jason | https://home.configmgrftw.com | @jasonsandys
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 4:22 PM
You might want to copy the installer local, and open up a command prompt to test the install switches.
Why? The error message above clearly has nothing to do with the installer itself. The content for the App simply can't be downloaded.
Jason | https://home.configmgrftw.com | @jasonsandys
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 5:03 PM
Dear Jason,
i have check the boundries and boundry groups both are working fine. I am using the software of "exe to msi converter " we are WPS office.exe convert to msi and i am create the application so shown this error.
i am press "YES " now create the application and attached in TS. After windows installed and i am checking the Which software are installed? all software are installed but only one software was not installed "WPS Office".
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 5:17 PM
Then you need to troubleshoot. However, at this point, you've gone off in multiple different directions so its impossible to tell what you are even doing now. Is this still within a TS or outside of a TS?
Why are you still talking about the converter? As has already been established, you shouldn't be using one.
What does pressing yes to accepting an unsigned .msi have to do with any of this?
Honestly, you need to bring in a knowledgeable person to help you with this hands-on as you simply aren't following the recommendations being given and not providing any details about what you are actually doing or what you are doing to troubleshoot.
Jason | https://home.configmgrftw.com | @jasonsandys