unattended install problem, puts icons in c:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming

[Paul McGrath]

Hi,
  I use WPKG to silently deploy hundreds of apps to my departmental computers.
The Git for Windows installer is innosetup and the silent switches are /VERYSILENT

WPKG installs as 'localsystem' in the background so is putting the start menu icons in
c:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\git

instead of
c:\programdata\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\git

Having compiled some Innosetup packages myself it is because the icons are not being put in {commonprograms} but some other location.  Also the outputdir value is OutputDir={#GetEnv('USERPROFILE')}

There is also an issue with the install values as it is not showing up in control panel programs

It all works fine as a test if I run as a local user in silent mode.  This problem just exists run as localsystem.

Surely this happens too with SCCM?

I am using the latest 2.6.3 installer.

Looking at the install.iss file referenced here


This is the icon section

[Icons]
Name: {group}\Git GUI; Filename: {app}\bin\wish.exe; Parameters: """{app}\libexec\git-core\git-gui"""; WorkingDir: %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%; IconFilename: {app}\etc\git.ico
Name: {group}\Git Bash; Filename: {syswow64}\cmd.exe; Parameters: "/c """"{app}\bin\sh.exe"" --login -i"""; WorkingDir: %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%; IconFilename: {app}\etc\git.ico; OnlyBelowVersion: 6.0
Name: {group}\Git Bash; Filename: {app}\bin\sh.exe; Parameters: "--login -i"; WorkingDir: %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%; IconFilename: {app}\etc\git.ico; MinVersion: 6.0

I don't mean to disrespect your work but it seems to focus on local users only.

Paul

[Chris D'Hondt]

I'm also trying to install Git remotely and it seems like the installers are only built with local user installs in mind.

1) PrivilegesRequired=lowest is set in install.iss, which forces the uninstall information get put in HKEY_CURRENT_USER and common shell folders to map to the local user equivalent.

2) Trying to push the install to a remote system with nobody logged on results in a error saying it couldn't find localappdata and the installer hangs (see issue 1).

Are there any plans to make installers that are more deployment friendly?

Chris

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi Chris,

On Thu, 3 Dec 2015, Chris D'Hondt wrote:

> Are there any plans to make installers that are more deployment friendly?

Anything you can do in terms of Pull Requests will be very welcome.

Ciao,
Johannes

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi Paul,

On Thu, 3 Dec 2015, Paul McGrath wrote:

> Also the outputdir value is OutputDir={#GetEnv('USERPROFILE')}

That specifies where InnoSetup will store the file when I generate it. So
this setting is correct.

As pointed out by Chris in his reply, the issue you see is due to
PrivilegesRequired=lowest, which I had fixed in the meantime already.

Ciao,
Johannes