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Brella IT
Brella IT
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August 19, 2014
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Silent Install of Acrobat Pro 11

  • August 19, 2014
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Hey All,

I am using MDT to deploy Images and install apps.  I have packaged Acrobat Pro XI with the Customization Wizard XI and have used both  Unattended and Silent Install in the mst.

The below command starts the install but it is completely interactive except that my serial # and other settings are present so I know it is reading the mst.

command line:  msiexec /i AcroPro.msi TRANSFORMS=AcroPro.mst

adding  /qn  causes the install to fail w MDT error code 1603 - Fatal error during installation.

Any ides?

Thank You

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EnterpriseHelp
EnterpriseHelp
Inspiring
August 19, 2014

I don't know what MDT is other than it's unsupported. That said, I doubt the problem is there. Here are a few things to try:

Post back if you're still stuck.

Ben

Brella IT
Brella ITAuthor
Participant
August 19, 2014

MDT = Microsoft deployment toolkit  

I must add the install fails when I run it from a command line as well and use the /qn switch but works  non-silently   if I don't use the switch. 

So the solution is to add the /qn  but this is what is causing the failure.

This is exactly what it is doing:

Why doesn’t my install respect the “silent install” settings I specified with the Wizard?

If your command line is something like:

MSIEXEC /I C:\A9\AcroPro.msi TRANSFORMS="C:\A9\AcroPro.mst

. . . then you are not using Setup.ini your workflow. The Wizard rewrites Setup.ini when you specify a silent install to include this option. The silent install switch is not saved in the MST. Either run Setup.ini or change your command line to:

MSIEXEC /I C:\A9\AcroPro.msi TRANSFORMS="C:\A9\AcroPro.mst" /qn
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Anonymous
August 21, 2014

So supply the verbose MSI log files of the installation and post them.  That will give the forum members an opportunity to decipher what might be going wrong with the installation.  Otherwise it's just a guessing game.

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