Re: [wpkg-users] Checking for Adobe Flash Player ActiveX and Plugin (check results)

Am 05.01.2013 23:30, schrieb Ronny: When I add the profile to the host again the ActiveX and the Plugin Version is reinstalled. I thought the check is skipped, if there's a positive result in wpkg.xml. Why is the Plugin installed? The check results in the wpkg.xml file are only used for the /

Re: [wpkg-users] First test with architecture dependencies...

Am 04.01.2013 18:16, schrieb Marco Gaiarin: What i'm missing? Thanks. OK, i've done a: Get rid of the name attribute, since it is a match-all pattern and therefore not needed at all. From personal experience the name attribute is deprecated and superseded by the exte

Re: [wpkg-users] First test with architecture dependencies...

Am 04.01.2013 18:06, schrieb Marco Gaiarin: I'm starting to move out of XPsp3 32 bit, moving also to WPKG-GP. Anyway, i've setup a test recipe (for WPKG-GP, of course) and added to profiles.xml: If i start WPKG on the win7 x86 b

Re: [wpkg-users] [Bug 278] Wrong host match

Am 14.12.2012 18:54, schrieb Helmut Hullen: how about the following match: "^\d\d*\.\d\d*\.\d\d*\.\d\d*$" So if the match pattern of the name attribute matches that pattern, then it is an IP, else it is a host name match. Aehemmm ... what about 345.456.567.678 The pattern t

Re: [wpkg-users] Architecture being ignored when installing

Am 13.12.2012 10:06, schrieb Steve Kersley: This is just untested speculation.. Are you using either wpkg-client or wpkg-gp, or just running wpkg.js from a login script? If one of the clients, are you using the x86 or x64 versions on the x64 machines? I haven't tried this, but if you were r

Re: [wpkg-users] multiple entries for a host in hosts.xml

Am 28.11.2012 21:07, schrieb k2: Hello! The order is matter. In simple words - the first occurance wins and all others will be ignored. You should consider to use "dependends"es in the profiles.xml level. Just change the order of host definition in hosts.xml and add something like this to prof

Re: [wpkg-users] Log Files

Am 26.11.2012 22:16, schrieb Carl van Eijk: Why not just add an additional package that runs every time with the lowest priority that copies the log from local to the server? C ..., because there is always something missing from the log on the server, if it is done by a package. It is best

Re: [wpkg-users] One package or another

Am 26.11.2012 13:49, schrieb VERDEYEN Jonathan: Is there a way to install one package or another depending on host attributes without making separate profiles ? What I would like is to do a profile which has 2 different versions of the same program (Adobe Reader) and if the host attributes match

Re: [wpkg-users] Disable FBWF before installing software

Am 14.11.2012 18:24, schrieb heiko.hel...@horiba.com: > > > > Wouldn't this cause a reboot loop? The enable and disable package both > > need an immediate reboot... > > One could set an environment variable to avoid this, which gets checked > to prevent the execution of the install commands

Re: [wpkg-users] Disable FBWF before installing software

Am 14.11.2012 18:02, schrieb heiko.hel...@horiba.com: > > > > How about disabling FBWF with a package of priority using > execute="always" and enabling it with a package of priority 0 also using > execute="always", so you won't have to implement this in each and every > package? Woul

Re: [wpkg-users] Disable FBWF before installing software

Am 14.11.2012 08:40, schrieb heiko.hel...@horiba.com: > You can momentarily disable the FBWF to install programs and make > other changes to the system but it requires a reboot. > So : Disable FBWF > Reboot > Install Software > Enable FBWF > Reboot > So I have used WPKG-GP successfully to ins

Re: [wpkg-users] Negative Dependency

Am 26.10.2012 22:07, schrieb Carlos R. Pasqualini: yes, but you put it on another package's dependencies... i want a way to say 'libreoffice conflicts with msoffice' in the libreoffice package definition, and 'msoffice conflicts with libreoffice' on the msoffice definition. So the check might

Re: [wpkg-users] Negative Dependency

Am 26.10.2012 21:26, schrieb Carlos R. Pasqualini: Thank you guys but it's not exactly what i mean... As i can see you are saying: 'this package depends on libreoffice unless msoffice is installed' If MS Office is removed, then Libre Office is installed, that was what you asked. I don't

Re: [wpkg-users] Negative Dependency

Am 26.10.2012 20:43, schrieb Geoff Brown: Reposted from Stefan (as an example): '---code start (watch for line wraps) '---code end You may want to use a uninstall check for applications. '---code start (watch for

Re: [wpkg-users] Negative Dependency

Am 26.10.2012 15:22, schrieb Carlos R. Pasqualini: Hi there Is there a way to specify a negative dependency in the package definition i want to say: "if package XY is found (installed), then do not even try to install this package, just wait to wpkg to remove the other package, try again on nex

Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG-GP activity indicator

Am 23.10.2012 10:48, schrieb Ulli Conrad: Hi there, I'm just wondering if there is any way to get less output from the WPKG-GP activity indicator. For instance I'd like to have just the messsage "Software XY installing", but not the "Waiting for service to start" and "Verifying" message. Is ther

Re: [wpkg-users] Big problem with Java Update

Am 20.10.2012 15:18, schrieb Cedric Frayssinet: Thanks Pete, but it's what i do. All my install and upgrade include 'msiexec /x' for the olders versions. http://rezotice.ac-lyon.fr/fluxbb/viewtopic.php?pid=2586#p2586 That is not what Pete meant, he said remove the version you like to upgrade

Re: [wpkg-users] Conditional depends

Am 18.10.2012 13:43, schrieb Daniel Berteaud: Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try to play with this. (my problem is that workstations which needs JRE6 are not a specific Windows version, so I cannot use the os attr) It is just an example of the possibilities, so you can use any check conditi

Re: [wpkg-users] Conditional depends

Am 18.10.2012 12:48, schrieb Daniel Berteaud: Hi everyone. I'd like to know if there's a possibility to make a conditional dependency on package. Here's my problem: - I deploy JRE 7 on most of my computers, in a package called jre - A few computers need to run apps which requires version 6 of t

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox addon question

Am 16.10.2012 21:51, schrieb Donny Brooks: Starting with Firefox 4 only some extensions need to be extracted, which in my case are just the dictionaries. I just copy the XPI file of AdBlockPlus over to the extension folder and I am done. revision="%PKG_VER%" reboot="false" priority="

Re: [wpkg-users] Figuring out check type

Am 11.10.2012 15:23, schrieb Donny Brooks: I would think it is >>path="Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware %version%"<< Could you check "add/remove programs" (appwiz.cpl) for the correct display name? I figured out the Malwarebytes one. In the package's xml I had it listed as: path="Malwarebytes' An

Re: [wpkg-users] Figuring out check type

Am 10.10.2012 23:45, schrieb Donny Brooks: I am having a problem with a number of my packages constantly reinstalling themselves on every reboot. I am finally getting around to checking out the issue. In my search it appears I may be using the "check type" variable incorrectly . Here is one of

Re: [wpkg-users] Windows 7 Home

Am 10.10.2012 14:13, schrieb Rainer Meier: Hi, On 10.10.2012 13:46, Krzysztof Gibas wrote: Is there wpkg-client source available anywhere? Check on Sourceforge: SVN: The latest sourc

Re: [wpkg-users] Problem with 64bit version of WPKG on WinXP 64

Am 19.09.2012 16:24, schrieb Kyle Conti: Stefan, I apologize for not responding. It has been very busy here at work. I have tried setting the service to manual - still has the same issue of needing to repair the wpkg application. I have not set the service to stop after execution in the wpkg

Re: [wpkg-users] deploy the application immediately without administrator rights

Am 18.09.2012 12:16, schrieb Florent Lagoda: Hi, I search what is the exactly command that WPKG execute at the start of the computer for install software (without administrator rights). I would like to deploy applications according to user demand (without administrator rights / click to deploy th

Re: [wpkg-users] packages not installing/upgrading

Am 13.09.2012 21:19, schrieb Carlos R. Pasqualini: May be the problem was caused by the double variable expansion, which is only supported with wpkg.js 1.3.0 and higher. I usually use the following in such a case: 2012.09.13 is the date when I changed the package definition i

Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG on Windows 7

Am 13.09.2012 00:04, schrieb Carlos R. Pasqualini: El mar, 11-09-2012 a las 16:04 +0200, Marco Gaiarin escribió: + WPKG-GP have notification messages, but only on startup (and my experience say me that doing installation on startup is a pain). i have not found any other way to reliably inst

Re: [wpkg-users] packages not installing/upgrading

Am 12.09.2012 22:07, schrieb Carlos R. Pasqualini: What does the number after the hyphen mean in your version number? x.y.z-a ... what means "a"? i reserve the last value for reviews of the .xml file with the same version of the installer. suppose i have a 1.2.3 version of the package, i'll

Re: [wpkg-users] packages not installing/upgrading

Am 12.09.2012 19:43, schrieb Carlos R. Pasqualini: As I understand the does not have any inference in the decision of upgrading or downgrading a package. The checks are defined to make sure the version to be installed with the current package is installed correctly. In general this means

Re: [wpkg-users] remove software

Am 12.09.2012 12:54, schrieb James Dean: I do not understand how collecting of packages to remove works. In logfile I found: Number of packages to remove: 0. But I have removed one package from profile. Can you explain this? Cheers There might be a dependency or inclusion specified by a differ

Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG on Windows 7

Am 11.09.2012 16:04, schrieb Marco Gaiarin: First doubt is about the ''client'': AFAI've understood: + WPKG Client work well on startup and shutdown on seven, but there's no way to have notification messages. Sorry, this is not correct. During my testing the client was always killed afte

Re: [wpkg-users] remove software

Am 04.09.2012 19:35, schrieb Detlef Spillner: This problem exist also on other packages. One has to remove only one folder in %programfiles%. In wpkg.xml the entry is deleted. Bud the folder exist. If I test command in cmd it works. The line is by cut & paste testet. Strange. One problem is also:

Re: [wpkg-users] remove software

Am 04.09.2012 12:56, schrieb James Dean: Hi, it is strange: No problem install software with wpkg. But I can not remove packages. I test remove cmd at the command line: voila, software is deinstalled. Example: If I remove package from profile package is only deletet in wpkg.xml. If I test

Re: [wpkg-users] packages not installing/upgrading

Am 31.08.2012 23:45, schrieb Carlos R. Pasqualini: Today i found an error on a package description, i suspect that type of errors are the source of troubles, but i need to debug and find others, and the output of /debug apparently is not showing all the info i need to understand the trouble.

Re: [wpkg-users] packages not installing/upgrading

Am 31.08.2012 18:53, schrieb Carlos R. Pasqualini: Hi people! i'm having trouble with upgradings trough wpkg and cannot find any way to debug it ¿is there a debug howto or something? i couldn't find any info about it. Have you already tried the /debug switch? "cscript wpkg.js /help" will di

Re: [wpkg-users] Uninstall / Removing and App after removing it from the profile

Am 30.08.2012 01:43, schrieb Shier, Jon: So I am running version 1.3.0. In one of my profiles I have a list packages that are to be installed. If I remove one entry for a package, it does not uninstall the program like I’m used to. The package.xml does have an remove entry, but it acts like it

[wpkg-users] SourceForge project

Hi Tomasz, it would be nice to have a more recent version of WPKG published at http://sourceforge.net/projects/wpkg/ , since currently users download the very outdated version 0.9.10 of wpkg. Sure it would be cumbersome to keep multiple download sites in sync, so removing the files from SF.n

Re: [wpkg-users] Always reinstalling package (Check failed)

Am 29.08.2012 22:25, schrieb benoi...@free.fr: It might be enough to post the package for further help. Here is the package :

Re: [wpkg-users] apparently a bug in the uninstall check

Am 29.08.2012 16:15, schrieb jurgen.depic...@let.be: Dear all, when using the expression matches, but when using the check fails. 2012-08-29 16:01:23, DEBUG : WPKG 1.3.0 starting... ... 2012-08-29 16:02:05, DEBUG : Uninstall entry 'Compatibiliteitspakket voor het 2007 Microsoft Office sys

Re: [wpkg-users] Always reinstalling package (Check failed)

Am 29.08.2012 14:09, schrieb benoi...@free.fr: Dear All, I'm facing a strange behavior : check before install, package is seen as previously installed but it's always reinstalling. Here is an extract of the log file : --snip 2012-08-29 13:42:57, DEBUG : Comparing version: '3.0.12.1' <=>

Re: [wpkg-users] Assigning a Variable from a Registry key

Am 29.08.2012 13:41, schrieb Malte Hohmann: To be a bit more precise: I have a package "OracleInstantClient" which sets the environment variable ORACLE_HOME using setx.exe utility with parameter "-m" (system-wide). This works great. Now I have a second package which depends on OracleInstantClient

Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG on Windows 8

Am 28.08.2012 15:44, schrieb jurgen.depic...@let.be: Dear Rainer, I was wondering how you exluded the flashplayer activex, since you wrote on http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/2011-November/008252.htmlthat you were against this non-feature ;-). Did you use such a method as described in

Re: [wpkg-users] Run on a schedule

Am 20.08.2012 12:55, schrieb Malte Starostik: Am Montag, 20. August 2012, 08:59:09 schrieb Stefan Pendl: Am 19.08.2012 18:50, schrieb Troy Hamilton: On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Kristofer mailto:kristo...@cybernetik.net>> wrote: Is it possible to run on a schedule (every 12

Re: [wpkg-users] Run on a schedule

Am 19.08.2012 18:50, schrieb Troy Hamilton: On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Kristofer mailto:kristo...@cybernetik.net>> wrote: Is it possible to run on a schedule (every 12 or 24 hours for example), in the case that users never log out, or I want to make sure updates get pulled by

Re: [wpkg-users] Problem with 64bit version of WPKG on WinXP 64

Am 14.08.2012 15:32, schrieb Kyle Conti: Stefan, To answer your question on how we push out software to our users, I have attached three scripts. So initially, I run the UpdateScript64.bat script. I choose to input the IP for the computer I want to push the updates to. If the computer does no

Re: [wpkg-users] Problem with 64bit version of WPKG on WinXP 64

Am 14.08.2012 15:32, schrieb Kyle Conti: Stefan, To answer your question on how we push out software to our users, I have attached three scripts. So initially, I run the UpdateScript64.bat script. I choose to input the IP for the computer I want to push the updates to. If the computer does no

Re: [wpkg-users] Problem with 64bit version of WPKG on WinXP 64

Am 10.08.2012 18:49, schrieb Kyle Conti: Stefan, I wasn't aware you can execute the wpkg.js and install programs without having the wpkg client installed. Anyway, I'd still like WPKG client to stay working without having to reinstall since our current scripts install the client remotely and the

Re: [wpkg-users] Problem with 64bit version of WPKG on WinXP 64

Am 09.08.2012 23:07, schrieb Kyle Conti: Thanks for the reply! I am also using 1.3.14 on WinXP x64 SP2 and Win7 64. They seem to act identically. I do not use WPKG in the regular way...I have a script that remotely pushes updates to clients I designate by IP addresses. I do not run wpkg on st

Re: [wpkg-users] Problem with 64bit version of WPKG on WinXP 64

Am 09.08.2012 19:38, schrieb Kyle Conti: Hello WPKGUSERS, I have been running into this issue where I have to reconfigure/reinstall WPKG on a computer after a system (Windows XP 64bit) restart. This doesn't happen on Windows XP Professional SP3. We are going to be moving to Windows 7 64bit ver

Re: [wpkg-users] Manual package dependencies being uninstalled on sync

Am 08.08.2012 13:45, schrieb Steve Kersley: I’m not sure if there is a bug in the way that manual package installation is handled (unless it’s by design?), or more likely I have made a mistake in my package? A packages installed as a dependency to a package that is installed manually wants to uni

Re: [wpkg-users] versiongreaterorqual dont remove!‏

Am 06.08.2012 12:18, schrieb Hamza K.: Hi i dont understand that.. my steps: 1. i have install the version 1.9.0 of unlocker 2. i write in the upgrade the command: because i dont know if he does a upgrade WPKG install the newer Software without the versiongreeaterorequal too. But i want he do

Re: [wpkg-users] Autodesk Suite forks another install process; exits 256

Am 02.08.2012 23:04, schrieb Sebastian Elsner: Hi, I was also fighting with Maya for a long time. Maya runs a Setup.exe which forks another setup.exe which fork the msiexecs. finally I ended up writing a .vbs script to watch the second setup.exe which seems to block at least for maya. Tomorrow w

Re: [wpkg-users] nsis silent uninstall not removing uninstall.exe

Am 02.08.2012 21:18, schrieb Sebastian Elsner, rise|fx: Thanks, I will have a look at them. The forking of the process also results in the package still being removed, while WPKG advances to the next command. This is also prevented by the _?= switch, so WPKG will wait until the removing is

Re: [wpkg-users] skip client run

Am 02.08.2012 19:53, schrieb Sebastian Elner: Hi, a colleague of mine just asked me if it is possible to skip/prevent the run of wpkg client at shutdown if there is an urgent reason for reboot and you know its going to install some heavy package. Is there some functionality like this? Cheers S

Re: [wpkg-users] nsis silent uninstall not removing uninstall.exe

Am 02.08.2012 19:41, schrieb Sebastian Elner: Hello, I have the problem that several uninstallers (InnoSetup and NSIS) do not remove their uninstall.exe/unins000.exe. For NSIS I can prove that this is not related to wpkg, the silent uninstall is also leaving the uninstall.exe on disk when execut

Re: [wpkg-users] Help me please..

Am 30.07.2012 11:28, schrieb Hamza K.: Hi Stefan thanks for your answer. My problem is if i install a package with wpkg using versiongreaterorequal. The Package will be installed or upgraded but not removed. I think that is not versiongreaterorequal that makes update or remove. In the log i see t

Re: [wpkg-users] Help me please..

Am 20.07.2012 09:56, schrieb Hamza K.: I change it but dont work :( > > > 2) cmd="" must be a real command that can be executed by the > > > Windows shell I dont understand.. thx Hamza Did you already check the log file created in the temporary folder (%TMP% or %TEMP%) of the

Re: [wpkg-users] Help me please..

Am 19.07.2012 14:10, schrieb Hamza K.: Hi, versiongreaterorequal dont work. I dont understand why he not check. if i change the revision he install the package but the old package is dont removed. example: Unlocker is installed with the version 1.9.0 i want the programm do a update

Re: [wpkg-users] Help me please..

Am 13.07.2012 11:24, schrieb Hamza K.: Hi, i have a Problem... I can easily install and uninstall my programs but i dont know why they fails if i want to upgrade or do a file check. My Programs dont Upgrade and dont remove if i have two checks. And with the file check it dont install,remove and

Re: [wpkg-users] Notepad++

Am 06.07.2012 15:48, schrieb Cedric Frayssinet: Solution of Daniel works for this application. Cédric As an alternative you may like to check the solution below. '---code start (watch for line wraps) reboot="false" priority="30"> architecture="x86"/> value="%Program

Re: [wpkg-users] [Bug 275] New: Bullet-proofing log files.

Am 06.07.2012 00:21, schrieb bugzilla-dae...@bugzilla.wpkg.org: I added a package that installed updated network drivers. As you can imagine, at some point during their installation the network was dropped and when WPKG tried to write to the logfile that I'd redirected to a server share it jus

Re: [wpkg-users] Error parsing xml / not well formed

Am 05.07.2012 14:35, schrieb Waldemar Vanagas: we use the actual release 1.3.0. of wpkg-gp on a Server 2003 R2. After tweaking the profile.xml we allways get the following syntaxerror Error parsing xml - Not well formed Make sure to use an XML editor, which allows verification of the XM

Re: [wpkg-users] First line of wpkg.xml

Am 02.07.2012 13:47, schrieb Rainer Meier: Actually I recommend creating the clone image before even running WPKG for the first time. Including software in a clone image is bad from my point of view because the software will likely need update anyway when the clone image is used. So your image w

Re: [wpkg-users] "os" and "arch" list and availability

Am 12.06.2012 11:24, schrieb le dahut: Where can I find a page with the list of the OSes and architectures WPKG uses them, to see the exact spelling ? There is no list of all operating system possibilities, since there are way too many. The os attribute includes the name, service pack and ve

Re: [wpkg-users] Enable automatic updates

Am 07.06.2012 10:58, schrieb Olga Abdala: Hello all, As mentionned in the subject, I am willing to enable automatic updates for my flashplayer and google chrome wpkg packages. Plus, I want the automatic updates to be silents and if possible, not to matter if the user is the administrator or a sim

Re: [wpkg-users] regex in registry paths?

Am 01.06.2012 09:08, schrieb heiko.hel...@horiba.com: > > What I want to do is to check if the 32-bit version of Java has been > installed on 64-bit Windows 7. > Is there a better way to do this? uninstall only checks for 64 bit apps > (on 64-bit os), or will it check for both? I use the

Re: [wpkg-users] regex in registry paths?

Am 31.05.2012 16:35, schrieb Rainer Meier: Hi David, On 31.05.2012 15:10, David Petterson wrote: Is is it possible to use regex in the path for registry checks? ex: You can use version checks for uninstall registry keys with all the benefits of WPKG searching the 32-bit and 64-bit view.

Re: [wpkg-users] [Bug 273] Per user install support

Am 21.05.2012 23:46, schrieb bugzilla-dae...@bugzilla.wpkg.org: http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273 --- Comment #16 from Keith Jones --- Hi Stefan, (In reply to comment #12) The black magic of the host matching syntax is clearly described in the ChangeLog, including examples. So

Re: [wpkg-users] value have underscores?

Am 15.05.2012 16:16, schrieb Rainer Meier: If you're checking for file version of a file which has the version already in the file name itself, then a simple file exist check should be sufficient as it's extremely unlikely that a file named Flash32_11_2_202_235.ocx contains a version other than

Re: [wpkg-users] MSI + MST: MST somewhat ignored when silent install

Am 14.05.2012 22:42, schrieb Mathieu Simon: What confuses me is that when doing a interactive installation with the MST, the options I have modified via the MST are correctly pre-chosen (msiexec /i TRANSFORMS=mytransform.mst) in the installer like Start Menu location, and complete Installation o

Re: [wpkg-users] Having a problem installing Visual C++ 2010 SP1

Am 09.05.2012 10:46, schrieb Olga Abdala: Since XLite can install it, I would like to know if there's an option that I can put in the installer to allow XLite to install Visual C++2010, without even asking me to click on the OK Button. Can anyone please tell me if there's a way?And if yes, whic

Re: [wpkg-users] Start-up overhead with WPKG

Am 25.04.2012 15:44, schrieb Sebastian Elsner: Hi Chris, our setup includes 110 packages and it adds about 15-20 seconds, which is acceptable. Our setup contains about 200 packages where a maximum of 150 is applied to individual systems. We are running WPKG at shutdown to avoid problems with

Re: [wpkg-users] Install of Firefox 10.0.03 and uninstall of firefox 3.6.X versions

Am 24.04.2012 15:59, schrieb Pickle: Hi Jon- Maybe I should just stick with the upgrade part - no uninstall - thought that worked when I tested awhile back. I assumed the WPKG - wiki example worked. The helper works fine from command line - I can't understand why wpkg can't execute like any ot

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg and Win7 - network is slow to start up so wpkg fails

Am 10.04.2012 21:22, schrieb Paul Griffith: In the eventviewer I see the following error: WNetAddConnections2 -> The network path was not found If I login and run "net start wpkgservice", the installation continues until another reboot. Is there solution to this problem? Paul, You can delay

[wpkg-users] JS scripts for WPKG

Hi Rainer, Since managing shortcuts is an essential part of deploying software on Windows, I offer to create a JS script to be included in the tools folder of the distribution. I currently have a bunch of JS scripts to handle shortcut creation/checking/deletion, but would consolidate them in

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox zombie state

Am 06.04.2012 10:11, schrieb Bruno CHOQUET: * is the solution !!! * Ah, I noticed on some machines that it would need a little pause to allow remove to end its work. The ten seconds delay is just enough. -- Stefan P. Top-posting: A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox zombie state

Am 06.04.2012 09:19, schrieb Bruno CHOQUET: On a W7 32bit SP1, did you try to remove FF6 with the command ? I never had to remove a previous version of Firefox, the update always went smooth. I am using the following package: reboot="false" priority="100">

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox zombie state

Am 05.04.2012 08:53, schrieb Bruno CHOQUET: My firefox6 was installed by wpkg In fact, i remove my package firefox6 (uninstall) from profiles.xml and i use a new package firefox 11 (install) : because updates don't always work. (XP / W7 32 / W7 64) So you just removed it from the profiles

Re: [wpkg-users] Firefox zombie state

Am 04.04.2012 16:17, schrieb Bruno CHOQUET: Falko, It's not a profil or host problem : i just want to uninstall Firefox 6. Installing the latest version of Firefox will replace any previous version. Writing packages to remove an application that was not installed by WPKG is tricky. You need

Re: [wpkg-users] trouble kickstarting wpkg client usage (v 1.3.14)

Am 13.03.2012 12:27, schrieb Urs Rau (UK): I have not ever used the wpkg client in my 6+ years of using wpkg , but would like to switch to it or wpkg-gp. But somehow I did not create a good test environment. I have set up a test environment with the following config.xml and settings.xml base=

Re: [wpkg-users] Displaying action name and package name during wpkg check/install/upgrade ?

Am 24.02.2012 08:02, schrieb Ingo Arndt: Hello, I am using wpkg 1.3.0 here, running at startup. While the user waits for the login to appear there is only a "static" information window shown with a progressbar displaying the messages (First message + Second message) configured in the wpkg clien

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg-users Digest, Vol 52, Issue 15

Am 10.02.2012 11:14, schrieb Mathieu Simon: What would be better? * Declare the generated file bein ANSI instead of UTF-8? * Get data from AD and convert them to UTF-8 before they're writen out to the file? Changing the encoding of the generated XML file to ANSI is not a solution. It is best

Re: [wpkg-users] Package to do an uninstall?

Am 07.02.2012 19:59, schrieb Alan Adams: My question - can I create a package, or set of packages, to test for the presence of any of the older versions and run the appropriate msi to uninstall them? I would do it in the following way: Add the remove commands for the previous versions as i

Re: [wpkg-users] Mbrola silent install

Am 06.02.2012 18:08, schrieb Marco Gaiarin: I've prepared a recipe for espeak (libre SAPI5 voices), but the italian voices are very ''mr. robota''. Looking around i've found that espeak can use mbrola (http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/, free as in beer), that provide much better voices. So i'v

Re: [wpkg-users] Optional Way to pull Package

Am 06.02.2012 15:09, schrieb Nitish Mahajan: Hi, I find that currently the pull mechanism works like this - The client is attached to a "profile" which is attached to a "package" - The client can download a package using |cscript \\server\wpkg\wpkg.js /install:| - The client can check the status

Re: [wpkg-users] Windows7 UAC - Registry-Key for Current User

Am 05.02.2012 01:32, schrieb Peter Beck: Hi guys, I'm using a package which deploys some company-braning (backgrounds etc). For setting the users background I am using Active-Setup which works flawlessy on XP but on Win7 I get an UAC dialog asking to import the registry-key. This key is for me t

Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG + Wireless Laptops

Am 03.02.2012 15:33, schrieb Matthew Gyurgyik: How are you calling wscript at shutdown? Group policy shutdown script? If so, what happens when the machine is shutting down? Does it just say "Please wait... windows in shutting down?" while installing the new packages? I use WPKG Client set to r

Re: [wpkg-users] WPKG + Wireless Laptops

Am 02.02.2012 09:39, schrieb Paul McGrath: Hi Matthew, A simple answer to your question is that you can delay the WPKG service from starting as you can with any Windows service. We do this on new Windows 7 images which are syspreped. They boot, join a domain, reboot then the WPKG is delaye

Re: [wpkg-users] Deploying a new settings.xml file

Am 01.02.2012 11:44, schrieb chiddie: Hello, i would like to change the user and password that is actually used by the wpkg clients to connect to the wpkg server. Is there a way to deploy a new settings.xml file to the clients that overrides the old one? I am using the package below. '---c

Re: [wpkg-users] Program Versions

Am 31.01.2012 18:48, schrieb Charlie Page: Hello All, I seem to have a very strange error that occurs across many package groups. Wpkg detects older versions of the programs as installed. For instance it detects thundrbird 8 with tb 9.0.1 is installed. So it attempts to install 9.0.1 again. It a

Re: [wpkg-users] Invalid XML structure found

Am 31.01.2012 15:49, schrieb Ulli Conrad: Hi there, I recognized an error message in my log files stating "Invalid XML structure found. Root element 'profiles' does not match expected element name of "wpkg'" Assigned profiles are installed properly although. Checked all profiles they seemed t

Re: [wpkg-users] Deploying Adobe Reader to be Default Web Viewer

Am 30.01.2012 04:28, schrieb Mikhail Joseph Salviejo: Good day Guys, I having a little bit trouble with Adobe Reader 9 and X. After deploying them to our computers (Win XP for Adobe 9, and Win 7 for Adobe X) They can't seem to open pdf files via web that has no extension like this http://desig

Re: [wpkg-users] Setting a variable in a profile doesnt over-rides that set in a package

Am 26.01.2012 22:12, schrieb Rainer Meier: So I have reverted it (while keeping the implementation which clearly defines expansion order now). Results are available on SVN. WPKG version 1.3.1-RC2. See entire discussion in . Moreover I've implemented

Re: [wpkg-users] How to Remove Erroneous or Mistyped package?

Am 25.01.2012 00:59, schrieb Mikhail Joseph Salviejo: Good day guys, Iam having a bit of hard time to remove a package that i miss written. See sample below. I have written in the package. instead of Now the package cannot be removed unless manually done,, can anyone help me with this. I

Re: [wpkg-users] Pipe trouble...

Am 24.01.2012 18:24, schrieb Marco Gaiarin: I've tried to use pipes in check condition. I've tried ''plain'': or xml-escaped: but both give: 2012-01-24 18:18:56, DEBUG : Executing command: 'net localgroup Sudoers \| find /i "SANVITO\ced"'. 2012-01-24 18:18:56, DEBUG

Re: [wpkg-users] Setting a variable in a profile doesnt over-rides that set in a package

Am 20.01.2012 10:46, schrieb lad...@web.de: Hello Malte, i don't remember where i read it, but someone complained that setting an environment variable in the wpkg client for the wpkg logfile path doesn't work as it's not expanded. That's why i have to use hard codes paths. Anyway, according to

Re: [wpkg-users] How to execute something weekly or monthly?

Am 20.01.2012 10:55, schrieb Marco Gaiarin: i don't know how to do that without placing a file on the computer so i can chech the file last modified date to calculate the next execution. But if it is done by wpkg, there could be a last-executed tag and that's it. Anyway, the ''semaphore file''

Re: [wpkg-users] how to get msi GUUID to the clipboard

Am 18.01.2012 16:44, schrieb Urs Rau (UK): But is there an easy wscript output method that would allow GUI clicking addicts to get the benefit of this as well? But don't spend long looking for too long, but just in case there is an easy modification that would make it "selectable" in the outp

Re: [wpkg-users] how to get msi GUUID to the clipboard

Am 18.01.2012 16:44, schrieb Urs Rau (UK): different approach and maybe overkill for your case (in fact, I'll have a look at the script you linked). Anyway: for all such MSI-related stuff I use the wonderful utility InstEd http://www.instedit.com/ (no, I'm not affiliated ;)) Besides editing MSI

Re: [wpkg-users] OT good free (cross platform? open sourced?) XML editor that checks xsd schema online?

Am 18.01.2012 11:42, schrieb Urs Rau (UK): Sorry for this very much wpkg project related but nevertheless probably slightly Off Topic question. What free (open sourced ? / or even cross platform? ) XML Editor that actually checks the XSD schema files are you guys using? Now that we have xsd file

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