Advertise a Deployment Using MSI
Advertise a Deployment Using MSI
Use Scripts to Deploy the Program
After you create an administrative image on a shared directory, you can set up a shortcut to make the program accessible to users. The program name is added to the Start menu (Windows) and to the Add/Remove Programs list.
To advertise a deployment using MSI 3.1
- On
the user's workstation, on the Start menu (Windows), click All Programs
(or Programs)
Accessories Command Prompt. - At
the Windows command prompt, enter the following to set up a shortcut:
msiexec /jm \\[servername]\[sharename]\AdminImage\ldt.msi /t \\[servername]\[sharename]\AdminImage\[deploymentname].mst
This program is now advertised. To install this program on the workstation, the user clicks a program shortcut in the Start menu (Windows). This method installs the program on the workstation with minimal prompts for the user.