I'm a developer trying to use Advanced Installer to build a package of some sort that my Systems Admin can deploy to hundreds of virtual servers using SCCM. The catch is that I only wish to deploy one executable and we don't want to it to add registry entries for the installation or keep track of it as an installed application. Basically I'm attempting to use Advanced Installer and SCCM to deploy this one file. We don't need to keep track of the file. The file just needs to be there in case something happens then it is already on the server if the IT guys need it. However, everything I see in the settings of Advanced Installer lead me to believe that it's either going to create a registry entry and keep track of the GUID and/or it's going to create an entry to Add/Remove Programs. I just want it to copy a file to a specific directory and that's it.
Thanks,
Chris
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mihai.petcu
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Re: Install a file only
Hi Chris and welcome to Advanced Installer forums,
Simply uncheck "Register product with Windows Installer" option from the Product Details tab. Please keep in mind that by doing this you won't be able to remove, repair or reinstall the application from the Control Panel, the Windows Installer command-line options or the Windows Installer application programming interface (API).
FYI: We have SCCM deployment support in Architect project types starting with the Architect edition license. Follow the blue links for more details.
All the best,
Mihai
Simply uncheck "Register product with Windows Installer" option from the Product Details tab. Please keep in mind that by doing this you won't be able to remove, repair or reinstall the application from the Control Panel, the Windows Installer command-line options or the Windows Installer application programming interface (API).
FYI: We have SCCM deployment support in Architect project types starting with the Architect edition license. Follow the blue links for more details.
All the best,
Mihai