Adobe Flash/Reader Post Installation task not installing
Hell All, I have been beating my head against the wall for days trying to get Adobe Flash and Reader DC (v. 31) to install as part of a scripted installation. I have gone through countless forums and tried every command/switch known to man that I could find.
Quick notes:
I did download the distribution versions from Adobe
Flash-MSI
Reader-EXE
I want to be able to install these silently, but my task keeps failing... is there any working parameter that will install these softwares?
Some of the commands I have tried:
Flash
msiexec /i "install_flash_player_31_active_x.msi" /quiet /norestart /qn-quotes
msiexec /i install_flash_player_31_active_x.msi /quiet /norestart -No Quotes
msiexec.exe /i install_flash_player_31_active_x.msi /quiet /norestart -No Quotes
msiexec.exe /i 'install_flash_player_31_active_x.msi' /quiet /norestart -Quotes
msiexec /i "install_flash_player_31_active_x.msi" /quiet /norestart /qn- Quotes
msiexec /i install_flash_player_31_active_x.msi /quiet /norestart /qn- No Quotes
Adobe Reader DC
AcroRdrDC1801120058_en_US.exe /sAll /rs /msi EULA_ACCEPT=YES
msiexec /i AcroRdrDC1801120058_en_US.exe /qn-No quotes
msiexec /i "AcroRdrDC1801120058_en_US.exe" /qn-quotes
msiexec.exe /i AcroRdrDC1801120058_en_US.exe /qn-No quotes
msiexec.exe /i "AcroRdrDC1801120058_en_US.exe" /qn-quotes
I am going crazy over this! lol any help would be MOST appreciated.
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I would also like to make these installations silent if all possible under the MI if thats the route I need to go. I am seeing others who are having troubles with the versions of Flash and Acrobat. - bwl84 5 years ago
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Posted by:
anonymous_9363
5 years ago
Where on Earth did you get the 'Quotes', 'No Quotes' from!?! Run MSIEXEC on its own and it will present a dialog box with all the valid arguments, none of which contain "quotes"!
Also, with regard to posts like this, always, always, ALWAYS use a path when specifying files. Generally speaking, prepending the filename with '%~dp0' and no trailing backslash will suffice.
Lastly, for MSIs, always, always, ALWAYS log the installation because, if it fails, you won't have a single clue why.
Thus, not:
Thus, not:
msiexec.exe /i install_flash_player_21_plugin.msi /qn
but:
msiexec.exe /i "%~dp0install_flash_player_21_plugin.msi" /qn /l*v %windir%\TEMP\install_flash_player_21_plugin.log"
Posted by:
akmagnum
5 years ago
here is the command I use for our last adobe flash managed install........
we don't use flash in our environment anymore so its a bit outdated.....
msiexec.exe /i install_flash_player_21_plugin.msi /qn
also check the box for "Don't prepend msiexec.exe".
Posted by:
akmagnum
5 years ago
As for the adobe reader dc......
I just tried it and this method woks for the "exe" file..........
Download the exe file......"AcroRdrDC1801120058_en_US.exe" and upload to kace software catalogue.
Create a managed install......
Associate the file..........
check the box "Override default installation "......
in the "Full command line" field ..........add
AcroRdrDC1801120058_en_US.exe /sAll
also check the box "Don't prepend msiexec.exe"
Worked for me.
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I would also like to make these installations silent if all possible under the MI if thats the route I need to go. I am seeing others who are having troubles with the versions of Flash and Acrobat. - bwl84 5 years ago
Posted by:
bwl84
5 years ago
Hello all, thank you for the replies and sorry for the late reply!
VBSCab- the quotes are not actually part of the command, I was just stating where I put my quotes in my syntax to see if that was the problem.
IE msiexec /i AcroRdrDC1801120058_en_US.exe /qn-No quotes (I did not include this part In my command, was just stating if I used them or not).
My apologies if I confused.
akmagnum- I havent done a managed install yet, but I do have one question. Since I do not want to push this software out to the masses, only to new machines I image, would I have to create a label and would need to put every new machine I image into this label in order for them to get Adobe Flash/Reader? I want to try to automate our imaging process as much as I can.
Posted by:
breanne
5 years ago
Here is the method I use, as I create a transform with Orca and zip them for a post-installation task--but you can leave off the transforms part. The same works for the K1000.
msiexec.exe /qn /i install_flash_player_31_active_x.msi TRANSFORMS=activex.mst