group policy msi install won't run

[madEG]

Hello,

While not entirely new to installers (I used Wise Installer years back) I am new to Advanced Installer since yesterday, and I don't know much about using the group policy objects to push installations. (sorry!)

I used AI to create a simple msi, that merely pushes a single file in to a specific place. The msi works perfectly when it is run manually from the network share, but we can't get it to run using group policy (when the user logs in) upon restarting up windows.

The domain admin person (I am a database person) helped me set up the group policy object that would push the msi. We tested with firefox.msi and that runs just fine, so I *assume* that she is setting up the msi install correctly since the firefox install does run.

[*]windows 7 64bit workstations (intel i7)
[*]the msi is sitting on a wide open shared folder with full access to all authenticated users/domain users
[*]even with verbose mode turned on, I don't see any logs being created in the C:\Users\[my username]\AppData\Local\Temp area (but I do when I install/uninstall the msi by calling it manually)
[*]Installation is "per user only"
[*]all users are local admins on their workstations
[*]limit to basic user interface is enabled
[*]enable verbose logging is enabled
[*]the msi's share is on a windows 2008R2 server

Is there a list of things that I could check to see if I can get this msi to run for my users, when they log in? I just can't think of what I need to change, or what I am doing wrong.

Thanks for any help you may be able to give!

-Matt G.

[mihai.petcu]

Hi Matt and welcome to Advanced Installer forums,

Thank you for your interest in Advanced Installer.

Is there a list of things that I could check to see if I can get this msi to run for my users, when they log in? I just can't think of what I need to change, or what I am doing wrong.

We have the "Deploying a MSI through GPO" tutorial that can help you with this. Have you checked the guidelines mentioned there?

All the best,
Mihai

[madEG]

I had the admin lady helping me look over the steps again, and she confirms this is what she did. She set it up to be a GPO with publishing to each user by username when they log onto the domain. She also points to the fact that that the firefox.msi that she downloaded and placed as GPO works (and I tested it, it works for my machine and two others I tested).

I'm wondering if there is some security elements to the GPO that might be interfering, since the install was not signed? or perhaps something like that?

Any ideas?

[fatherzimfire]

Bump! This is the same problem I'm having here..
Any advice appreciated, thanks.

[mihai.petcu]

Hello,

GPO deployment and .MSI are standard concepts, there's not much on Advanced Installer's side that can influence the deployment.

You can search for the deployed application in Add or Remove Programs (Control Panel) and also try to add more files to the package.

Please give us more details on the application you're installing and its install location. The project file (.AIP) would be useful as well and you can send it to support at advancedinstaller dot com.

All the best,
Mihai

[fatherzimfire]

Many thanks to Unclep4ul in the below thread for pointing out the solution:

http://www.advancedinstaller.com/forums ... =2&t=20541

The instructions on this site are missing a step. http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-g ... l-gpo.html

After I had added the package I also needed to Right-Click on the package and click Properties then on the Deployment tab tick "Install this application at logon".