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SaRA scripted install
I copied the content of the path where the applications is stored under appdata. Uinstalled, and started the applications from the Microsoft.sara.exe file. It worked!
Install the application and run it. Open taskmanager, and right click the app, then press open location:So now i guess you can create a shortcut to the exe poiting to a network path or create a pacakge somehow.
Im further down the rabbit hole. Looks like this is a click once application. Installs under AppData\Local\Apps\2.0. I tried copying the files, and the applications reference(shortcut) before uinstalling, then puttign the files back where they where. When running the application reference, it just tries to download the application again.
Maybe on to something here:
I copied the content of the path where the applications is stored under appdata. Uinstalled, and started the applications from the Microsoft.sara.exe file. It worked!
Install the application and run it. Open taskmanager, and right click the app, then press open location:So now i guess you can create a shortcut to the exe poiting to a network path or create a pacakge somehow.
I moved the Microsoft.Sara.exe to another machine and running it alone does nothing.
The whole folder is 100MB but zips up to 20MB. Moving this to another machine and running it after uncompressing works so I guess my script will need to do that.
Next step is write the deployment script but it's looking good so I'll mark your reply as the best answer.
Thanks again.
Hello Andrew,
Curious if you managed to successfully deploy a script for Microsoft.Sara.exe to silent install on a new machine?
Microsoft have advised us to manually run SaRa on each machine in order to uninstall 32bit office suite, obviously this is not practical. Therefore we are seeking an automated approach.
Thanks.
Wow - I'll go and give this a try now but full marks for tenacity. I'll report back here later and mark your past as the answer if all is well.
Thank you very much.
