Windows App Installation

Installing and uninstalling classic apps .msi and .exe on Windows devices #

With the Relution Companion for Windows it is now possible for administrators to upload classic apps (.msi and .exe applications) from a Windows device to the Relution App Store and conveniently install and uninstall them on all Windows devices managed by Relution.

The following steps must be followed for a successful installation:

1. select Native App in the app inventory via Add

2. in the next step upload the appropriate file in the correct format (.msi or .exe) via Select File, and the native file manager.

3. after pressing the button add details the app details page opens. The required parameters must be found out by the administrator and entered manually. The minimum information includes the version name and one of the available detection rules.

4. optionally, parameters for installation and uninstallation can be set under version information. To enable an automatic process, the /s or /quite parameter should be set here, which will perform an installation and uninstallation of the app in the background without manual intervention.

5. subsequently, detection rules are added that allow the Relution Companion for Windows to uniquely identify the applications on the Windows machine.

6. three detection rules are available. At least one rule is required to detect the program on the Windows device. Multiple detection rules are generally possible. For .msi files it is recommended to use the MSI detection rule. For .exe files the two detection rules file and registry are suitable.

7. to apply the MSI detection rule, the MSI product code of the application is entered in the corresponding field. Since there can be multiple versions of an application, enabling the MSI version check allows to additionally check for the version number. To specify a unique version number, the value Version is equal is selected in the Operator field and then the unique version number is entered.

8. the file detection rule detects by the installation path if the application is installed on the Windows device. For this purpose, the path of the folder is specified. In addition, the appropriate, exactly pre-installed folder must be detected and the respective architecture of the program must be selected. You can choose between 32-bit or 64-bit applications.

9. the Registry detection rule checks the existence of the application on the Windows device against the Windows registry key. The registry key, registry value, detection method and value fields are specified manually. The name of the registry value is always DisplayName. In order to uniquely detect the application on the Windows device, it is recommended to select Value is equal to for the Detection method field. The required value is obtained from the application itself.

After adding the required detection rules, the application can be saved. Afterwards, the native app can be conveniently installed and uninstalled on all managed Windows devices via the Relution App Store.