PiXLApps - MSI Deployment & Default Install Directory

[CHiLL]

I've been asked to push out the desktop application of PiXLApps, last minute as usual. The genius developers of this educational app have made the original "Apps" as web apps in Flash, which have been around for a few year now. With the death of Flash in recent times, they've created a single MSI installer that contains the apps (which appears to be a flash player and assets bundled into an MSI/executable). The kicker is that the default installation folder for this MSI is "C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Programs\PiXLApps". Not really ideal for mass deployment (which is entirely the point of an MSI), especially given that we use DefProf2 to remove profiles regularly.

 

I've tried to use the following MSI switches to no avail:

INSTALLDIR="%programfiles(x86)%\PiXL\PiXLApps"

TARGETDIR="%programfiles(x86)%\PiXL\PiXLApps"

INSTALLFOLDER="%programfiles(x86)%\PiXL\PiXLApps"

 

Has anyone deployed this MSI to somewhere that won't get nuked by wiping profiles and that multiple users can access?

 

Update:

When deployed via SCCM and "Install as system", SCCM reports that it is installed...however it doesn't appear in the installed apps list in Windows and the executable/launcher is not on the system when I searched the drive for it. I've emailed PiXL to see what they say.

Edited December 9, 2019 by CHiLL

[Arthur]

This command-line worked for me...

 

msiexec /i PiXLApps.msi ALLUSERS=1 MSIINSTALLPERUSER=0 /qb!

 

I created an MST with these properties in since I also wanted to get rid of the desktop shortcut.

 

msiexec /i PiXLApps.msi TRANSFORMS=PiXLApps.mst /qb!

Edited December 9, 2019 by Arthur

[DaveTheTech]

Arthur, what does the exclamation mark do the quiet basic switch?

[Arthur]

Arthur, what does the exclamation mark do the quiet basic switch?

All that does is hide the cancel button while the MSI is installing.

 

/qn is probably better since the installer UI is completely hidden then.

[fiza]

Has anyone tried deploying the Android App to Chromebooks? I can deploy using the Google Admin Console but our Smoothwall is blocking it from logging in once it's installed. I cannot figure out where.