Today I was faced with the challenge to deploy Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 with GPO (software installation). The application itself have many dependencies/requirements to have a successfull installation:
- MS XML Parser 6
- RGB Rasterizer
- .NET FW 2.0 SP1
- .NET FW 3.0 SP1
Create a AIP (Administrative Installation point)
I found a blog (Project84) that had created a batch script for creating the required administrative installation point. The script worked for me when I edited some parameters in the script:
- Row 2: Changed WORKFOLDER
- Row 14: Changed to correct path to dotnetfx35.exe
After this I got the folders to be able to deploy software to x86 systems.
MST files (Micsoft
For installation to work with GPO's I created some MST-files for the deployment to set the property VSEXTUI=1 to the .Net Framework installers (2.0 SP1, 3.0 SP1 and 3.5).
GPO-deployment
To deploy all software I created 4 GPO's in the correct OU and assigned the software to computers in the following order:
- RGB Rasterizer (no MST needed)
- .NET FW 2.0 SP1 (with MST)
- .NET FW 3.0 SP1 (with MST)
- .NET FW 3.5 (with MST)
Silent installation
If you need to do a silent installation of the .NET 3.5 then you can download the redistributable package and run it with the following command:
dotnetfx35.exe /q /norestart
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