When we use SMS for software distribution, you may experience a situation where the software does not need to interact with the user during the installation process, but the original installer of the software does not support the parameters mentioned in the article in the SMS2003 Software distribution guide, nor does it provide *.sms, *.pdf, and other definition files , we consider using third-party tools to repackage these non compliant installers, make them into MSI-type setup files, and then distribute them using SMS or Group Policy.
Many of the popular tools in the market can be repackaged functions, including Macrovision Company's FLEXnet AdminStudio is one of the best, its various versions have Repackager function modules, more noteworthy is that, FLEXnet AdminStudio provides a free for SMS version, which can be downloaded to the official Microsoft website.
The software that we are distributing the repackaging test is the kinddiary that Kindtools launches, its installer has only one file Kinddiary_setup.exe. We recommend that you choose a machine that is similar to the actual customer environment to install the FlexNet AdminStudio before you actually repackage the software, and turn off unnecessary applications when you run Repackager. Limited to test conditions, I installed FlexNet adminstudio on the SMS Site server.
The following are specific steps for repackaging kinddiary setup using the FlexNet AdminStudio SMS Edition:
To run Repackager from the program menu:
In the open main interface, we can see a few general steps to complete repackage: