Running The Windows Installer Converter From The Command Line - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 9: Converting Windows Installer Packages to Virtual Applications

Running the Windows Installer Converter from the Command Line

Controlling Whether to Include the App-V Application Launcher in Output
If you do not want to include the App-V Application Launcher with each App-V application that you build, clear the
Create utility to test launch App-V applications as part of building App-V applications check box on the
Virtual Packages tab of the AdminStudio Options dialog box.
Running the Windows Installer Converter from
the Command Line
The executable that launches the Windows Installer Converter is:
[AdminStudio Installation Directory]\Repackager\msi2vp.exe
The syntax for running the Windows Installer Converter on the command line is:
• Microsoft App-V
msi2vp.exe -s -i <path to .msi file> -t <transform1|transform2|...> -v appv
•
ThinApp
msi2vp.exe -s -i <path to .msi file> -t <transform1|transform2|...> -v thinapp
•
Citrix
msi2vp.exe -s -i <path to .msi file> -t <transform1|transform2|...> -v citrix
•
Both—To build all three virtual package formats, enter:
msi2vp.exe -s -i <path to .msi file> -t <transform1|transform2|...> -v appv|thinapp|citrix
The command line parameters are described in the following table.
Table 9-26 • Windows Installer Converter Command Line Options
Parameter
-s
686
application—To build a Microsoft App-V application, enter:
application—To build a ThinApp application, enter:
profile—To build a Citrix profile, enter:
Description
Use the parameter to indicate you want to perform this conversion
-s
silently, with no user interface and no user input required.
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