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Jeffrey_Fronius
Jun 25, 2020Brass Contributor
Problem Installing Microsoft Edge MSI with EdgeUpdate Policy Is Configured
I've noticed a problem with installing Edge Stable (tested on 83.0.478.54) when attempting to install by with the MSI. We're applying the InstallDefault = 0 and UpdateDefault = 0 policies to prevent...
Jeffrey_Fronius
Jun 26, 2020Brass Contributor
The policy documentation seems to state this only impacts installing through edge update, not when installing through other methods. Perhaps I'm reading into it wrong. If we in fact don't need this to suppress automatic updating, then I'll look to remove it.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-update-policies#installdefault
Allow installation default
Microsoft Edge Update 1.2.145.5 and later
Description
You can specify the default behavior of all channels to allow or block Microsoft Edge updates when Microsoft Edge Update is used.
You can override this policy for individual channels by enabling the 'Allow installation' policy for specific channels.
If you disable this policy, the installation of Microsoft Edge through Microsoft Edge Update is blocked. This only affects the installation of Microsoft Edge software only when users are running Microsoft Edge Update and when they haven't configured the 'Allow installation' policy.
This policy doesn't prevent Microsoft Edge Update from running or prevent users from installing Microsoft Edge software using other methods.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-update-policies#installdefault
Allow installation default
Microsoft Edge Update 1.2.145.5 and later
Description
You can specify the default behavior of all channels to allow or block Microsoft Edge updates when Microsoft Edge Update is used.
You can override this policy for individual channels by enabling the 'Allow installation' policy for specific channels.
If you disable this policy, the installation of Microsoft Edge through Microsoft Edge Update is blocked. This only affects the installation of Microsoft Edge software only when users are running Microsoft Edge Update and when they haven't configured the 'Allow installation' policy.
This policy doesn't prevent Microsoft Edge Update from running or prevent users from installing Microsoft Edge software using other methods.
abbodi1406
Jun 27, 2020Steel Contributor
Jeffrey_Fronius wrote:
The policy documentation seems to state this only impacts installing through edge update, not when installing through other methods. Perhaps I'm reading into it wrong. If we in fact don't need this to suppress automatic updating, then I'll look to remove it.
Edge MSI package bundle Microsoft Edge Update as well, and it's what's used to perform the installation
you can inspect MSI with Orca or InstEd and see InstallCommand
something like
MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe /silent /install "[ProductTag]" /installsource enterprisemsi[OptOmahaArgs] /appargs ..