Why is it when I double click a MSP file it works fine but if I use MSIEXEC to install it I get a "this pactch package could not be opened" error. What am I doing wrong?
I have an MSP file that if you double click on it and follow the prompts it runs great. but if I try and install it via Command line I get the "package could not be opened error" I have tried using msiexec /p and misexec /update to no avail.
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worzie
5 years ago
msiexec /p <full path to msp required> or with package installation: msiexec /i msi patch=<full path to msp> (could try with /a for administrative as well; I've never had to).
Most patches have requirements too, such that a certain version needs to already exist. So be sure to run the msp like you mentioned on a target PC where the cmd line is failing to verify that.
Again if I run this it fails on the same computer that works if I just double click. I noticed that worzie mentioned having the full path to the MSP file. I didn't think I needed it but I didn't try it either. My goal is for this to be deployed via SCCM so full path is not really an option if I still want SCCM to deploy this. - acpowell 5 years ago