Installing MSI or EXE to "All Users" Profile command line.

I am trying to figure out a way to install 2 msi files and 1 exe file. These programs are per profile and I would like to install once to all profiles as opposed to having the terminal server users have to login and install. If I understand (and I am more
towards the layman side here) correctly I should be able to login as a local admin on the 2008 R2 RDS machine and issue commands similar to these from Start > Run
msiexec /i C:\program.msi ALLUSERS=1
C:\program.exe /v"ALLUSERS=1"
I am not seeming to have success with this method. Anyone else have any suggestions?

Hi Jblick,
I’m writing to just check in to see if the suggestions were helpful. If you need further help,
please feel free to reply this post directly so we will be notified to follow it up.
If you have any feedback on our support, please click here.
Best Regards
Anna
TechNet Community Support

Similar Messages

Changing the default keyboard language for all users via command line

I have about 250 computers, that I set the wrong default language on.
I am hoping someone here can help me. I have 3 keyboard languages installed in my labs,
En-English (United States)
Fr-French (Canada)
En-English (Canada)
I'd like to make the Fr-French (Canada) the default keyboard language for all users that login I have tried the following xml but it's not working. I do not see the problem any help would be appreciated.
I tried to run it by doing this
control intl.cpl,, /f:"FR-DefaultKeyboard.xml"
The following code below is called FR-DefaultKeyboard.xml file.
<gs:GlobalizationServices xmlns:gs="urn:longhornGlobalizationUnattend">

<gs:UserList>
<gs:User UserID="Current"/>
</gs:UserList>

<gs:UserLocale>
<gs:Locale Name="FR-CA" SetAsCurrent="true"/>
</gs:UserLocale>
</gs:GlobalizationServices>

<gs:GlobalizationServices xmlns:gs="urn:longhornGlobalizationUnattend">
<gs:UserList>
<gs:User UserID="Current" CopySettingsToDefaultUserAcct="true" CopySettingsToSystemAcct="true"/>
</gs:UserList>
<gs:InputPreferences>

<gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0409:00000409" Default="false"/>

<gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0c0c:00000c0c" Default="true"/>

<gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="1009:00001009" Default="false"/>
</gs:InputPreferences>
</gs:GlobalizationServices>
This worked, thank you

Win7 and Reader X - default settings for ALL users/profiles

I have a custom browser/app that opens PDF's within the app which can sometimes cause issues. I found that if I set Reader X to not open in the browser (Edit>Preferences>Internet - uncheck "Display PDF in Browser") that this does resolve most issues. My problem...when changed this only affects the current user/profile that's logged in. Potentially there can be dozens of users on these laptops. The other setting is when opening a PDF, I get the warning about Protected Mode not being able to be used due to the current configuration. I can select "Always open with Protected Mode disabled" and I no longer get the message; but again, current user/profile only.
Is there a way to set these settings for ALL users/profiles? Running Win7 (32bit) with Reader X.

I do not know why you experience this; what exactly happens when a non-admin users attempts to highlight something?
You are talking about highlighting in the same document?

Install google toolbar in firfox 4 for all user profiles in a server

i want to install google toolbar in windows 2008 R2 server for my firefox. i am the administrator for the server, and in that server we have 1200 user profiles, i want to install google toolbar for all the users. how can i do that?

NOTE: Firefox 5.0 was released some time ago. Firefox 6 is scheduled for release on August 16.
'''You might want to reconsider installing Google Toolbar because of the following.'''
Google decided that they will no longer produce the Google Toolbar for Firefox beyond Firefox 4.
*http://googletoolbarhelp.blogspot.com/2011/07/update-on-google-toolbar-for-firefox.html
*http://www.google.com/support/toolbar/bin/answer.py?answer=1342452&topic=15356%29
Alternatives:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_Google_Toolbar_features_without_toolbars
*https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/googlebar-lite/
*https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/gbookmarks-google-bookmarks-fo/
'''If this reply solves your problem, please click "Solved It" next to this reply when signed-in to the forum.'''

Use one profile for all user profiles in Server 2012 R2

Hi
I am setting up an Windows Server 2012 R2 Template on VMware.
I will do som changes with the local admin user, and want all user that will log in to servers made from this Template, get the user profile I have set up for the admin account.
How to I do that?
Regards
StigKSand

the way I used to do this was to create a new profile the way I wanted with any shortcuts applications etc installed. then I would create another user account on the PC and make it an admin.
reboot the pc to ensure it hasn't got the pre-configured profile loaded and login with your newly created admin account.
then right click This PC in windows explorer and select properties, then select advanced system settings, and select user profiles on the advanced tab. You can then select the profile you made all the configuration to, and click copy and then select default
profile.
this should then mean any new users who login get this default profile on this server.
hopefully that is what you were referring to.
Regards,
Denis Cooper
MCITP EA - MCT
Help keep the forums tidy, if this has helped please mark it as an answer
My Blog
LinkedIn:

How do I make web shortcuts into start screen tiles that can be pushed to all users profile on a computer in Windows 8.1 enterprise?

We are trying to roll out Windows 8.1 Enterpise in our school system (K-12).
The focus of this question is how do we take an internet web based shortcut and make it into a screen tile (on the start screen) which will appear for any user's start screen that logs on to the computer?
The details:
We came upon a great paper that's entitled "Customize Windows 8.1 Start Screens by Using Group Policy".
By applying this paper we were able to accomplish our first goal: Lock down the start screen so no user could change it. We accomplished this by using the Start Screen Layout policy setting laid out in the paper.
Our second goal: to customize the start screen is only half way met. We can set up the start screen the way we want and then export the .xml file. We are able to "reimport" the .xml file when the new user logs in. The installed programs
will appear on the Start Screen but not the internet based web shortcuts that were on the inital setup start screen.
(FYI - tried creating these tiles by running the start screen internet explorer app to the intended address and pinning them to the start screen. At this time trying to figure if there is a place to put desktop internet short cuts into a directory to make
them appear on the Start Screen).
We can see that the directory: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs is a place for program files to appear on the start screen. Is there a location web based shortcuts can be placed to cause them to automatically appear on the start
screen for every user as well? If not how do we accomplish getting these into tiles for every user logging in?
Sorry for the lengthy explanation. Hopefully it gets our question answered and helps others out there in the same boat!

Karen-
Results: Did not work. The web based shortcuts did not appear.
Below is the steps taken with your tips incorporated. (Again it's lengthy sorry about that, but anyone can recreate what was done here. Maybe someone can see something left out by doing/reviewing it).
Here is what was done:
1. Installed a fresh install of Windows 8.1 enterprise on a pc. No updates were ran.
2. During setup created the admin account.
3. Logged into the account a simple start screen was arranged and setup by:
Starting desktop Internet Explorer. Going to Technet's website. Clicked tools and then selecting "Add site to Apps" from the drop down menu. Went to Apps screen, right clicked and pinned it to start screen. Repeated this procedure with an
educational web based site.
Right clicked a few provisioned apps and unpinned them from the start screen.
Made a few groups and labeled them. Web based shortcuts were arranged with one provisioned app in that particular group.
4. Opened a Powershell, right clicked it and ran as administrator. Typed the following:
export-startlayout -path C:\Users\Public\Master.xml -as xml
(Master is the name chosen for this test .xml file and was put in a location all users would have privelages to access it).
5. Opened the command prompt and right clicked and "ran as administrator", typed in gpedit.
6. In the Local Group Policy under User Configuration, under Start Menu and Taskbar I choose the Start Screen Layout.
7. Enabled the policy and typed in: C:\Users\Public\Master.xml for the Start Layout File.
8. Opened computer management, under Local Users and Groups I chose Users, right clicked in the middle screen and created a new user called Alpha.
9. Logged out of the inital account and logged into newly created Alpha account.
10. When the Alpha account logged in the start screen came up with everything changed in the inital account but no web based shortcuts were found on the start screen or App view.

After a hard reset all user profiles are now accessible by every user

I initially had our office time capsule set up with 3 seperate user accounts ("profiles") via these instructions. Thus each user had a login for the time capsule that would then show them a shared folder that all users could see, and then a personal folder that only those logged into that account could see and access.
While I was out of the office a co-worker was having trouble connecting his new iMac to the time capsule, so he called apple for assistance and they had him do a hard reset. The hard reset saved all the profiles and all information in each folder, but now everyone can access every folder. I'm not completely sure of what steps they took to set it up after the hard reset, but now, no matter which account you are logged in as you see:
-"Shared"
     -(Shared folder)
-"Users"
     -(user 1)
     -(user 2)
     -(user 3)
So you have complete access to each users folders. Does anyone know if there is any easier way to set the user profiles back up the way they were originally set up by myself, or do I basically have to re-do the whole process (which includes saving and transfering all folders--which is a long process)?

The security of the TC is designed for home networking.. because anyone who has physical access to the TC can easily access anything.. it is simply convenient perhaps to have user profiles.. but a quick 1 sec soft reset and anybody can gain access to anything.
see answer I wrote here.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4231228?tstart=0

How do I install an Add-on for all users

I wish to user the FoxFilter addon to prevent users from visit all websites, except a whitelist. This addon works fine. I just need the addon to work for all users on the computer. Not just the one the addon was installed for. Can this be done and if so, how?

This is very possible and you can do it in few very steps.
 1-First you have to download the xpi add-on file instead of installing it.
 2-Use the following command at the run prompt (type Windows + R): firefox -install-global-extension
 For example if your downloaded xpi add-on is on C:\Users\Simon\Downloads\
 Then you write firefox -install-global-extension C:\Users\Simon\Downloads
 Note : The addon will be normally available where every addon is. Keep in mind that only administrators can uninstall it.
Have a nice day
Sincerely,
Ahmed Nefzaoui

How can I update all user profile entries at once?

I test web applications with Firefox and use the -P (user) -no-remote options on the command line to keep the sessions independent. In other words, I have created many dozens of desktop shortcuts with specific users and within each instance of Firefox for each user, the default home page is set. This all works fine...I click on as many shortcuts as I want, they all open up different sites I'm testing, and they're all independent of each other.
The problem is when Firefox updates itself. It's annoying to have to answer the update question, and to be routed to the update page 50 times (the first time I use that shortcut after the update). This is also true for plug-ins.
So is there any way for me to prevent having the update messages appear in each separate user's first run after update?

You posted here with Firefox 9.0.1, is that the version you are using on that test PC? If so, update to Firefox 10.0.1 and see the new ''(as of 10.0)'' first start after a program update routine. Mozilla changed the add-on compatibility check that kicks in when the Firefox version number has changed. It's probably going to make your issue worse, time wise, after a Firefox program update.
As far as updating all the Profiles at the same time, '''LastVersion''' data is kept in the '''compatibility.ini''' file in each Profile - ''LastVersion=10.0.1_20120208060813/20120208060813'' - Firefox checks that file each time the Profile is used. When the version number currently being launched doesn't match the saved pref, it triggers the "updated" routine (but it works for the version used being older or newer than the pref).
The only thing I can think of is to run a '''batch''' file to update the '''LastVersion''' value change in all the Profiles that weren't used for receiving the Firefox update, to match the new LastVersion.

How to Install Win 7 ODBC for All Users?

I installed the Windows 7 64-bit ODBC drivers, but the install does not seem to have made the drivers available to all users, but rather only the installing user. This install is for an image that will be cloned as a virtual machine, so the drivers, client, settings, etc. will need to be available to anyone who logs in. Is there a way to do the install so that all the settings and files put in by the installer will apply to all users? And if so, how do you do that?
Thank in advance!

clintonfrombirmingham wrote:
I thought that installation through Boot Camp required, without hacks, a physical optical disc to install Boot Camp? I don't use it any longer since I run XP under Parallels, but I would swear that you have to use a disc, and not a USB thumb drive, to install Windows?
Maybe some real Boot Campers will visit this thread...
Clinton
If you have the Media you can use it to create a bootable USB key via boot camp assistant.
It will create the usb and has the option of pre-downlading the drivers and bootcamp utilities for windows.
It is pretty much all automated and quite simple.

Script to Copy preference file to all users profiles and to the default template

I have build a package using Apple PackageMaker, this will install an application and a preference (plist) file to the current logged in user. Now I wanted to build a postflight script, which can copy a plist (ex com.test.plist) form an current logged in user to other user account on a machine also to the default user template (/System/Library/user template/...../Library/preferences) so any new user account created will have same preference file copied.

Hi Mark...here is another script which work well if I have to copy my preference file from an account named as "admin" or some other account. However, it not certain that all Mac machine will have a account named as "admin". This is why I am looking for a way to copy the preference file from /private/var location to all user accounts on a mac.
#!/bin/sh
localUsers=$( dscl . list /Users UniqueID | awk '$2 >= 501 {print $1}' | grep -v admin )
for userName in "$localUsers"; do
     cp /Users/admin/Library/Preferences/org.mypreference.plist /Users/$userName/Library/Preferences/
     chown $userName /Users/$userName/Library/Preferences/org.mypreference.plist
done
I tried to update it as suggest in some other forum like this, still no luck
#!/bin/sh
UserAccounts=`dscl . list /Users UniqueID | awk '$2 > 500 { print $1 }'`
for userName in "$UserAccounts"; do
     cp /private/var/org.mypreference.plist /Users/$userName/Library/Preferences/
     chown $userName /Users/$userName/Library/Preferences/org.mypreference.plist
done
When I run the above script it comes up with the following error:
cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file target_file
cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file ... target_directory
chown: admin: No such file or directory
chown: admin/Library/Preferences/org.mypreference.plist: No such file or directory

How can I install and activate extensions for all users

Hi, within the version 7.0.1 I am able to install noscript extension for example for all users.
With version 8.0 the extensions are disabled by default, so I do not install it on company computers.
How can I manage extensions and settings for all users in 9.0?
Best regards
Jens

Hi John,
I appreciate your prompt response.
We have an Australian client here in the Philippines and would want to purchase an adobe software under Creative Cloud Licensing.
Since this type of licensing is not yet available here in the Philippines, they are suggesting that they can purchase it in their country.
My main concern is, will there be any conflict upon installing/activating an adobe software under Creative Cloud which will be purchased from their country?
And what are the steps for installing and activating a software under this type of license.

Powershell script to get all user profiles with specific email address

Hello,
Please help me. I need a powershell script which can do the following things.
List of all sharepoint user profiles with email address
[email protected]
List of all FBA user profiles with email address [email protected]
List of all Pending Access Requests
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.
chirag

The script is not working for me. I changed the url according to my site. See the below error
New-Object : Exception calling ".ctor" with "1" argument(s):
"UserProfileApplicationNotAvailableException_Logging ::
UserProfileApplicationProxy.ApplicationProperties ProfilePropertyCache does
not have 3f3a5705-0691-4fe8-8643-cccd65363dc9"
At C:\Scripts\userprofileemails.ps1:11 char:19
+ $profileManager = New-Object
Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileMan ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [New-Object], MethodInvoca
tionException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ConstructorInvokedThrowException,Microsoft.Power
Shell.Commands.NewObjectCommand
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Scripts\userprofileemails.ps1:12 char:1
+ $profiles = $profileManager.GetEnumerator()
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
Please guide me what to do on this.
Thanks
chirag

How do I block certain websites from my computer? on all users profiles,

i want to block miro, limewire, etc from all users on my computer? my computer only tells me how to block it on internet explorer, not firefox. any help??

Hello Laura.
Are you talking about blocking access to the sites? If that's the cause, you can do it by using an extension that blocks unwanted sites ([https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3145/ BlockSite] for example) at your choice, or you can do it using third party software (like a Firewall, for example). There is both free and paid software of that kind. But Firefox doesn't include that feature by default, you'll need an extension for that.

Can I Clear all history from command line?

Is there a way to simulate clearing all history
Tools -> Clear Recent History -> Everything
from the command line in Windows 7?
I'm writing test automation and this would come in handy when running my tests

Hello
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -chrome "chrome://browser/content/preferences/sanitize.xul"
UPDATE : '''the next is the correct :'''
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -chrome "chrome://browser/content/sanitize.xul"
forget the first
thank you

Installing MSI or EXE to "All Users" Profile command line.

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for