Creating The Mst File With No Command Line Parameters; Creating The Sample Installation - Fortinet Version 4.0 MR1 Administration Manual

Creating a customized installer using FCRepackager

Creating the MST file with no command line parameters

Creating the sample installation

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Using the FCRepackager tool, you can create a custom installation package in a few
steps:
1 Configure FortiClient. FortiClient must be installed and configured with the settings
that you want installed on the end-user computers.
2 Create a custom installation package using either FCRepackager or an MSI editor. The
FCRepackager application is easier to use.
3 Install the customized FortiClient application on your users' computers. With the proper
administrative permissions, users can even do this themselves.
In order to create an mst file, you need to use the FCRepackager tool. The FCRepackager
tool can be extracted from the FortiClientTools.zip file. The FortiClientTools.zip file can be
downloaded from the Fortinet Support Web
You also need to have FortiClient installed and configured with your desired settings to
create the custom mst file.
For more information and examples for creating a customized mst file using switches and
switch parameters, see the FCRepackager_Readme.txt file that comes in the
FortiClientTools.zip file.
To create the mst file with no command line parameters
1 Download the FortiClientTools.zip file from the
the files into a folder.
2 Ensure FortiClient is installed and configured with the desired settings. The mst file is
created based on your current FortiClient settings.
3 Run the FCRepackager application. The FortiClient.mst file is automatically created in
the same directory.
You must create a sample installation on a computer running one of the supported
operating systems. See "System requirements" on page
already have the FortiClient application installed.
The ADMINMODE=1 option used in the following procedure enables you to make registry
changes to your sample installation, which some customizations require. Also, this option
permits modification of files in the FortiClient program directory, which normally only the
FortiClient application can access. You should not use the ADMINMODE=1 option when
you install of the FortiClient application onto your users' computers.
To perform the sample installation of the FortiClient software
1 Expand the FortiClient Endpoint Security installer .zip package into a new folder.
2 From the folder where you expanded the .zip package, install the FortiClient
application use the following command line:
• if FortiClient applications will not be centrally managed
msiexec /i FortiClient.msi ADMINMODE=1
The FortiClient application wizard starts. Follow the wizard to install the features you
require. Reboot the computer if the installer requests it. When the computer restarts,
the FortiClient installation wizard continues.
site.
Fortinet Support Web site
FortiClient Endpoint Security Version 4.0 MR1 Administration Guide
Custom Installer Packages
and extract
1. The computer should not
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