Command prompt works, but not in PDQ Deploy
I've had this come up a couple of times. I'll have a job that will run fine in the Command Prompt but fails with PDQ Deploy, usually with an error code 1.
The latest one is this one to remove a homegrown app:
“c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe” /Uninstall file://parametrix.com/it/Replicated/PDQ%20Deploy/Repository/PMXTemplates/Current/PMXtemplates2013.vsto /Quiet
I have tried running it as the logged on user but that doesn't help either.
Any ideas why this is occurring?
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Is there anything in the Output Log?
This:
At C:\WINDOWS\AdminArsenal\PDQDeployRunner\service-1\exec\user.ps1:1 char:85
+ ... \Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe" /Uninstal ...
+ ~
You must provide a value expression following the '/' operator.
At C:\WINDOWS\AdminArsenal\PDQDeployRunner\service-1\exec\user.ps1:1 char:85
+ ... iles\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe" /Uninstall file:// ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~
Unexpected token 'Uninstall' in expression or statement.
+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ExpectedValueExpression
It does work in the command prompt.
It looks like you're running that in a PowerShell step, but it doesn't look like PowerShell code. Have you tried the Command step?
Sorry, that was an older attempt when I tried it in PS. Here is the one from Command:
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
My assumption is that it's referring to the file:// part, probably the PDQ%20Deploy section. Would you be comfortable exporting your package to XML and sharing it here? If not, contact support@pdq.com. They can dig a lot deeper than I can from here.
I'll reach out to support. Thanks for the help.