MSI Exec

Owned by Patrick H
Last updated: Jul 26, 2024
2 min read

MSIEXEC is a tool that assists with the automated and unattended/silent installs of the Vivi MSI app. The commands must be run in a CMD window as an administrator.

To open an admin prompt, go to C:\Windows\System32, right click on “cmd.exe”, and select Run as administrator

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Here are some common command line switches:

  • Normal installation (include both drivers):

msiexec.exe /i [path_to_msi] /q

  • Not installing the USB passthrough driver:

msiexec.exe /i [path_to_msi] /q INSTALL_USB_DRIVER=""

  • Not installing the extended display driver:

msiexec.exe /i [path_to_msi] /q INSTALL_DISPLAY_DRIVER=""

  • Not installing either:

  • If IDLE_CHECK=”True”, the installation will NOT proceed if Vivi app is active. This only works starting on version 3.5.2 and up:

  • Do install the audio driver (this is not installed by default)

  • Uninstall the app:

  • Add /L*V FILENAME to any msiexec.exe command to collect logs. For example, write logs to C:\work folder:

Steps to test whether MSIEXEC is functioning properly on a single system

  • Download the latest Vivi MSI installer: https://api.vivi.io/windows-msi64

  • Open an admin prompt*

  • Run the following command msiexec.exe /i [path_to_msi] /q INSTALL_AUDIO_DRIVER="True" /L*V [path_to_logfile]

    • The folder containing the logfile path must already exist. For example, on my computer, C:\work is a folder that does exist. I run msiexec.exe /i "C:\Users\Fang\Downloads\ViviSetup64-3.7.3.msi" /q INSTALL_AUDIO_DRIVER="True" /L*V C:\work\installerlog.txt

  • Wait for Vivi to be installed. (You can check the “Installed apps” list and wait until “Vivi” appears)

  • Check and see if the Vivi Virtual Audio Device has been installed**

The logfiles can be checked in the event of failure.

Intune Configuration

The basic process in Intune involves adding an MSI package as a line-of-business app (All Apps > Add > Line-Of-Business app). This supports any format that can be sideloaded onto a device but for our purposes we’re using a standard Vivi MSI like our ViviSetup64 MSI files.

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 Upload the package and set all command line arguments needed

  • Under Assignments, add the group created in Entra

  • Put a few test machines into the Entra group

  • Next > Create

  • Go to the machines and run a Sync