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 […]
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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 […]
I’ve come across some interesting scenarios during the years. One of them is that some clients want to retain the auto-update capabilities of a package. But in this case, you end up with a problem during uninstall because the Product Code of the main package, will be replaced during […]
Being a former web developer and working with some scripting languages during the years, i must say that Powershell makes it so easy to work with dates. Let’s see some code and tips&tricks for time and dates in Powershell. Get current date This returns the date in the […]
Task Scheduler is a powerful tool. Google, for example, with Chrome, uses it as an update checker once every few hours. If you have Chrome installed you can open up Task Scheduler and see that you have two schedules in it. You can use it in other scenarios, like […]
Let’s say you want to inform your users about something, but you need to know what they pressed, you need to have custom buttons, with tooltips, messages, sounds and so on. Fear not, you can achieve all of this with Powershell. As you can see, we have […]