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Dell Command | Configure and PDQDeploy

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Cornwella

Hello!

I have an exported .exe from Dell Command | Configure that sets a BIOS password on Dell machines. It runs fine on the local system (and when installed manually via VNC on a test system), but PDQDeploy seems to get stuck in the "Running" state perpetually when deploying it.

I've created the following .bat file to run the (silent by default) .exe installer:

@echo off 
mpf.exe 
exit /B %EXIT_CODE%

This is the same template I use for deploying all other .exe files via PDQDeploy, and those work fine; there's no additional dialogues spawned from the file itself, though it does save a .log file in the same directory.

Any ideas on what to try? I already tried adding 1 and 2 to the return codes, though I'm not sure what code the installer actually returns.

Thank you!

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    Cornwella

    I ran the installer on the local system capturing the output, and the return code on success is actually 0 (zero), which is included in the default return codes.

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    Cornwella

    For anyone else experiencing the same issues, the .exe has to be run with the /nolog flag; this will cause it to complete successfully.

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