Before we dive into how to apply permissions with VBScript, we must first understand what secedit is. The secedit tool comes by default with Windows Os. Secedit configures and analyzes system security by comparing your current security configuration against specified security templates. To apply permissions with secedit, all that is […]
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Tableau Reader is a free desktop application that you can use to open and interact with data visualizations built in Tableau Desktop. Filter, drill down and discover. It is a very popular application which can be found in many enterprises. However, I’ve seen many cases where IT Pros will struggle […]
Python is cool, easy to use, and one of the most popular programming languages out there. But python has a big downside when it comes to running scripts. First of all, a normal user doesn’t have python installed on his machine. Second of all, it’s tricky for a simple user […]
While Linux users are used to have a package manager, and quickly install packages from a terminal with a simple apt-get, Windows lacked this functionality for years. To get applications on a Windows operating system, you must search the web, go to the publisher website, download the specific application and […]
Microsoft released a windows installer for Teams that is placed in Program Files, but this is theoretically targeted only for VDI (Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure). The Teams MSI installer can be downloaded from these links: 32-bit 64-bit To install Teams for all users, the following command should be used: msiexec /i […]
Do you need to add over and over again the same properties or summary information in your MSI/MSTs? I’ve developed a Powershell script in which you can configure a template (properties and summary information) and apply it to MSIs, already done MSTs or you can create an MST with this […]
So we learned how to create a basic MSI, add features, components and files, and add shortcuts and registry to an MSI. Let’s now have a look on how you can create an ini file and add properties to your msi. To create and add an ini we […]
Our MSI is starting to look better and better with each post, and more complex. In the previous posts we have seen how to create a basic MSI and how to add features, components and files to the MSI. Let’s continue the series and in this tutorial, we will add […]
In a previous post we have seen how to create a basic empty MSI only with the default information in it. Let’s take it a step further and add a Feature, Component, File and Shortcut to our MSI. Assuming you have WiX installed and all the files created in the […]
WiX, or Windows Installer XML Toolset, is the first open-source project released by Microsoft. With this tool you can build Windows Installer packages by using the XML format. This does not have a GUI (Graphical User Interface), everything you do is from XML and command line. It is a […]
In a previous blog post, I’ve posted a small VBScript that can change the summary information for an MSI or MST. But what if you want to use Powershell to achieve that? Well, here is the script As previously stated, each field you want to customize in the […]
Microsoft offers WiSumInf.vbs, which is provided in the Windows SDK Components for Windows Installer Developers. You can use this script like: However, by looking at their example and learning about the WindowsInstaller.Installer object we can create a shorter and simpler one to use. As you can see, each field you […]