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Silent install of adobe reader 8.1.1 on network machines. what is exit code 100?? Rate Topic: -----

#1 User is offline   Robi 

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Posted 08 November 2007 - 05:25 AM

Hi,

I have recently made a script after looking around on the web to install Adobe Reader 8.1.1 on our network. After reading around I came up with the following 2 cmd files:
AdobeDeploy.cmd
@echo off

echo %date% %time% Start of task > c:\test.log
echo User=%UserName%, Path=%path% >> c:\test.log
call Adobe8Install.cmd computer1 1>>c:\test.log 2>>c:\test.err
call Adobe8Install.cmd computer2 1>>c:\test.log 2>>c:\test.err
:
:
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call Adobe8Install.cmd computer x 1>>c:\test.log 2>>c:\test.err

echo %date% %time% End of task >> c:\test.log

pause

AdobeInstall.cmd
@echo off

echo "checking for Installers directory on the target..." > c:\test2.log
if not exist \\%1\C$\installers mkdir \\%1\C$\installers
echo "copying Adobe Reader install to install directory..." >> c:\test2.log
copy \\NetworkShared\Software\adobeInstall\*.* \\%1\C$\installers\
echo "Installing Adobe Reader..." >> c:\test2.log
psexec.exe \\%1 "c:\installers\Setup.exe" /sAll /rs
rem Removing setup files...
del \\%1\C$\installers\abcpy.INI
del \\%1\C$\installers\AcroRead.msi
del \\%1\C$\installers\AcroRead.mst
del \\%1\C$\installers\Data1.cab
del \\%1\C$\installers\Setup.exe
del \\%1\C$\installers\setup.INI
echo "All Done." >> c:\test2.log


*mainly with info from this site:
http://sojoe.info/20...silent-install/


The above code copys the files from a network shared folder to local machine, then runs the Setup.exe file which was created using the adobe customisation wizard. After installing, it removes these files from the local machine.
This code does work as it installed adobe on some of the machines, on some machines I got the message:
c:\installers\Setup.exe exited on computer-y with error code 3010.
This is not a problem as it means that computer requires a restart.
But the problem I am getting is on some computers I get the message:
c:\installers\Setup.exe exited on computer-z with error code 100.
I tried looking around the net for what this message means but have had no luck. On the microsoft website for msiexec error codes it does not even have error code 100.


So anyone on here that know what this error code means, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.


Robi


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Posted 16 November 2007 - 04:36 AM

Well after some looking around I found out that the reason why the remote install wasnt working on some of the machines was because those ones had a older version of MSI Installer then the computer which was used to create and schedule the update from.

So if anyone else ever comes across same problem just check the version of msi.dll on the problem computers and upgrade it to latest version.

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