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.exe and .msi deployment are failing

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Kamil Basara

Hello. I am deploying some new software sent to me by a EMR hosted website. They require two installs be done on the computers before we can move forward. I have around 150+ computers.

I've tried doing a CMD step for the exe:

@echo off
echo "\\[REDACTED]\Help Desk\Apps\CureMD\ieShell.exe"
exit

I run this step for a few other programs that I deploy but this one just keeps failing. And it says it went through, but it really didn't.

The MSI file is similar in steps too:

@echo off
echo msiexec /i "\\[REDACTED]\Help Desk\Apps\CureMD\ActiveXSetup.msi"
exit

This one also says it was successful, but nothing gets installed.

I also tried the New Step -> Install Method. Pointed it to the file server via the browse button, and attempted that way. I tried with and without silent parameters just to see if it would any way, but no go.

My only fear is that this company made these programs themselves and somehow didn't allow them to be mass installed?

Any ideas or batch methods anyone has had worth in the past would be appreciated.

Thank you.

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    webaccounts

    I found better success putting the file under the repository and then installing with something like - $(Repository)\Files\Help Desk\Apps\CureMD\ieShell.exe

    $(Repository) is a default variable on deploy.

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