Execute-process with PIDKEY

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Hello Experts,

As a newcomer to the AppDeployment Toolkit, I am having difficulty locating information on how to include the PIDKEY parameter. I have successfully executed the following command in the command prompt.

SetupDstmp.exe /s -a /quiet PIDKEY=PAXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX ALLUSER=2 /l “%Windir%\Logs\SetupDstmp_log_4July.txt”

Thanks guys!!

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This will likely be the way you construct the quotes around the parameters as the PowerShell command

Your Install command in PSADT will probably need to look like this:

Execute-Process -Path "$($dirFiles)\SetupDstmp.exe" -Parameters "/s -a /quiet PIDKEY=PAXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX ALLUSER=2 /l `"$($envWinDir)\Logs\SetupDstmp_log_4July.txt`""

Note the backtick ` before each of the double quotes surrounding the path to your log file, this is to escape the extra double quotes, so the Execute-Process command will work seamlessly

  • The $dirFiles parameter is native to PSADT and points to the \Files\ path within PSADT
    (See: Variables · PSAppDeployToolkit)
  • The $envWinDir parameter is a PSADT native environment variable that points to the Windows Directory
    N.B. This is different from the native PowerShell command $env:windir
    (See: Variables · PSAppDeployToolkit)
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Thank you @Adrian_Scott for your quick response! Appreciate it. I will test it out ok~

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@Adrian_Scott , truely the experts here!

thanks… its work like magic…

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why the $ before the ($dirfiles) ?

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why the $ before the ($dirfiles) ?

Because, if the path to $dirfiles contains a space, it may not give you the resultant path you are expecting.
I tend to put variables within $() for all variables output within double quotes to ensure the full content of the variable is output correctly

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