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installing visual studio code via intune
Hi all,
Im struggling to install visual studio code exe via intune! Any suggestions on how I can do this? MSIs are easy but exes Im struggling!
Thanks in advance
- Hey AB21805,
package the x64 installer into a .intunewin file with the tool "Microsoft Win32 Content Prep Tool"
https://github.com/microsoft/Microsoft-Win32-Content-Prep-Tool
and use this for the install command:
VSCodeSetup-x64-1.57.1.exe /verysilent /norestart /mergetasks=!runcode /log="%temp%\VSCodeInstall.log"
and this for the uninstall command:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\unins000.exe" /verysilent /norestart
The detection method should check for file exists:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe"
best,
Oliver
- Hey AB21805,
package the x64 installer into a .intunewin file with the tool "Microsoft Win32 Content Prep Tool"
https://github.com/microsoft/Microsoft-Win32-Content-Prep-Tool
and use this for the install command:
VSCodeSetup-x64-1.57.1.exe /verysilent /norestart /mergetasks=!runcode /log="%temp%\VSCodeInstall.log"
and this for the uninstall command:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\unins000.exe" /verysilent /norestart
The detection method should check for file exists:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe"
best,
OliverThank you Oliver Kieselbach Rudy_Ooms_MVP for your help! I was defiantly doing it wrong to start and it was 64 bit one i needed
I have tried this but cant figure out where im going wrong!
When creating the intunewin I used the set up file as the install.bat
Any ideas where im going wrong?
- Just like Oliver is advising. ANother possibility would be to create a win32 app..
IN the screenshots you send, the install command is wrong, it should be
VSCodeSetup-ia32-1.57.1.exe /verysilent /norestart /mergetasks=!runcode /log="%temp%\VSCodeInstall.log"
- Hi, just a quick one and maybe quite obvious but how do you know the location of the uninstall/install and the file name of the uninstall? Is this simply because you download it locally first?
- Correct, I did a quick install in the Windows Sandbox to check out path etc. 👍
- What have you tried?
You can either try it as a Line of Business MSI deployment, or WIn32 application...- Im not sure on how to do this exe as a win32 app but I do see doing it this way is recommended
- Here is a good guide on how to take an MSI and deploy it as a Win32 app, including building it.
https://www.blogabout.cloud/2020/11/2113/
- I guess I have noted down some hints the last time I needed to do this...If its the runtime, why not deploying it with winget or chocolatey?
- Hi Can you recap please? or can you please send me a link to the last time you noted this. I want to know how to deploy generic exe too so I can do this for future ones 🙂
Oh what are winget or chocolatey?
Thanks in advance your help is always appreciated!!Here is the link to some information about them...
