Active Directory/Documentation/Packaging Notes

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Upgrading Packages in Group Policy

  • When upgrading a software package from another group policy, the new group policy must be ahead of the upgraded group policy in the link order (i.e. the new policy must have a higher precedence than the old policy).

Custom Actions

  • For script based actions, I usually choose Stored in custom action.
  • For most actions, it makes sense to sequence them in the Install Exec Sequence after all the other actions.
  • MSI Custom Actions do not support the WScript object model (see the example below).

    Set WShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

    instead of

    Set WShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

  • To only run action during installation, add the following condition:

    NOT Installed

  • To only run action during uninstallation, add the following condition:

    Installed AND REMOVE="ALL"

Converting To Cabs

Word Count Summary

File Table Attributes

cabarc -r N data.cab *