EXE to MSI Converter
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I was looking to do this years ago but never found one that was free. I ended up just running the exe with some arguments I found using the USSF tool.
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Here is a link describing the capabilities of the USSF tool -
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/find-hidden-command-line-silent-switches-for-setup-files/ -
You could use WiX to wrap it, but I'm sure I've heard before of a tool more specific to the job
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Another option:
http://www.appdeploy.com/tools/repackager/ -
@JasGot said in EXE to MSI Converter:
Another option:
http://www.appdeploy.com/tools/repackager/have you used it?
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@scottalanmiller No, just researched it for my own needs and found it to be the best candidate. Project hasn't come to life yet. If you try it, please report about it!
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Why msi?
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@Obsolesce said in EXE to MSI Converter:
Why msi?
Customer wants to push from GPO as per a standard procedure that they already use.
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What program is it that only comes in an EXE?
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@JaredBusch said in EXE to MSI Converter:
@wrx7m said in EXE to MSI Converter:
What program is it that only comes in an EXE?
Lots.
I know that. I was wondering which program @scottalanmiller is dealing with in this specific case.
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are zap files still a thing?
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@larsen161 Glad that someone can still make me feel young. Had to look that one up. Thanks
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@scottalanmiller Wondering what solution you ended up going with for this. I'd like to use GPO to push and manage Citrix Receiver but they don't provide an msi. Their solution is either a per-user logon .bat or a per-machine startup .bat
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@notverypunny said in EXE to MSI Converter:
@scottalanmiller Wondering what solution you ended up going with for this. I'd like to use GPO to push and manage Citrix Receiver but they don't provide an msi. Their solution is either a per-user logon .bat or a per-machine startup .bat
Citrix receiver is in the Chocolaty repository. You could script installing chocolaty and then push a script to install it with
choco install -y citrix-receiver -
@travisdh1 said in EXE to MSI Converter:
@notverypunny said in EXE to MSI Converter:
@scottalanmiller Wondering what solution you ended up going with for this. I'd like to use GPO to push and manage Citrix Receiver but they don't provide an msi. Their solution is either a per-user logon .bat or a per-machine startup .bat
Citrix receiver is in the Chocolaty repository. You could script installing chocolaty and then push a script to install it with
choco install -y citrix-receiverInteresting, thanks for the idea but it looks like they're installing / tracking the CR stream (they're pushing 4.12) and we're looking to install the 4.9 LTSR
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@notverypunny said in EXE to MSI Converter:
@travisdh1 said in EXE to MSI Converter:
@notverypunny said in EXE to MSI Converter:
@scottalanmiller Wondering what solution you ended up going with for this. I'd like to use GPO to push and manage Citrix Receiver but they don't provide an msi. Their solution is either a per-user logon .bat or a per-machine startup .bat
Citrix receiver is in the Chocolaty repository. You could script installing chocolaty and then push a script to install it with
choco install -y citrix-receiverInteresting, thanks for the idea but it looks like they're installing / tracking the CR stream (they're pushing 4.12) and we're looking to install the 4.9 LTSR
They have 4.9...
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@Obsolesce
Food for thought, and maybe some ammunition for a battle to add Chocolatey to our standard tools, but for the time being I've got the mandate to use existing tools to roll things out, and existing tools means AD infrastructure / GPOs, scripts and all the fun that entails.Appreciate the options, but does anyone have any recommendations for the exe to msi converter?
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@notverypunny said in EXE to MSI Converter:
@Obsolesce
Food for thought, and maybe some ammunition for a battle to add Chocolatey to our standard tools, but for the time being I've got the mandate to use existing tools to roll things out, and existing tools means AD infrastructure / GPOs, scripts and all the fun that entails.Appreciate the options, but does anyone have any recommendations for the exe to msi converter?
DOesn't the .exe have built-in switches to install silently? You could install it via a PowerShell script.
