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I have downloaded the Zip files with the ADm template and the Customization Wizard etc..
I have extracted and now have a 2018.009.2044 folder I created with the files I need including an mst
I have created my application in SCCM and it is deploying - I am pointing to the
"msiexec /i "AcroRead.msi" /qn TRANSFORMS=AcroRead.mst"
This is working fine but the end result is version 2015.007.20033 installed - I am wondering if I need to also get the AcrordrDCUpd1800920044.msp installed and if so should I be pointing at that initially or do I have to do this separately?
Help appreciated
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The answer is "Yes" and you need to change your install command line to get a co-heasive installation. Instead of the install command line that you have, you can try this type of syntax.
Syntax
msiexec.exe /i C:\[PATH_TO_MSI_FILE]\AcroRdrDC1500720033_en_US.msi /Update C:\[PATH_TO_MSP_FILE]\AcroRdrDCUpd1800920050.msp /qn TRANSFORMS="AcroRead.mst"
Real World
msiexec.exe /i C:\Users\labuser\Desktop\AdobeReaderDC\AcroRdrDC1500720033_en_US.msi /Update C:\Users\labuser\Desktop\AdobeReaderDC\AcroRdrDCUpd1800920050.msp /qn TRANSFORMS="AcroRead.mst"
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Sorry, I do not understand your reference to "c:" - this is on a network drive on SCCM which only uses UNC
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The "C:" is a local machine reference. It is easily substituted by "\\" for a network reference.
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Unable to locate or validate MSI package
Using command line as shown above - msiexec /i \\location\Acroread.msi /Update \\location\AcroRdr2017Upd1701130070_MUI.msp /qn TRANSFORMS="acroread.mst"
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You will need to troubleshoot the command line. Does the first part of the line work? If yes, the add the second part of the line. A word of advise as I ran into an issue that could be happening to you. Do NOT cut and past the line into the Windows Command Prompt. Instead type it. I know it's a pain, but try it. If it works then you know it was a problem with the text format that you attempted to past into the Windows Command Prompt.
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As already mentioned you need to add an additional call for the update.
I utilize the %~dp0 variable when deploying via SCCM. https://stackoverflow.com/a/10290765
Here is mine to include todays update:
msiexec.exe /i "%~dp0AcroRdrDC1500720033_en_US.msi" TRANSFORMS="%~dp0AcroRdrDC1500720033_en_US.mst" /qn
timeout 5
msiexec.exe /p "%~dp0AcroRdrDCUpd1801120036.msp" /qn