Software Deployment

I discovered the problem I was having was indeed related to the extraction of the qtjava.zip file during group policy deployment. The location where I originally extracted the quicktimeinstaller.exe file and subsequently did the decompression (admininstall of the msi) determined the location where windows installer tried to unzip the qtjava.zip file.

So as a workaround I did the extraction decompression in the c:\windows\temp folder and windows installer used that location which it has system access to.

I don't have time to peruse the msi to find a more elegant solution so if anybody solves it with a transform please respond to this post.

Here is the process I follow to prepare quicktime for deployment. It can be a real trick if you do not prepare it just right.  

Prepare the MSI files and MSI transforms for copy to software store

1. Download latest Quicktime from  http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
2. Use 7-zip or WinRAR to extract QuickTimeInstaller.exe.
3. Download and install Orca to edit the extracted QuickTime.msi. You can get orca itself from Microsoft's Windows Installer SDK or get the tool by itself from Softpedia.
4. Use Orca or Instedit to open QuickTime.msi. Locate the Summary information. This is located under view -> summary information in Orca or Tables -> Summary Info... in Instedit. Locate the Languages: box and remove all languages except 1033.
5. Save the transformed MSI as something meaningful or overwrite the original QuickTime.msi.
6. Create a new Transform (Transform -> New Transform)
7. Make the following modifications to the Transform tables:
   • LaunchCondition -> NOT BNEWERPRODUCTISINSTALLED: Delete this line, if you don't, quicktime will not install, you'll get an error in the event viewer, and itunes will go ahead and install but then tell you it can't launch because quicktime is not installed.
   • Property -> SCHEDULE_ASUW: Set this to 0 to avoid iTunes trying to update itself. This is one of the main reasons for me rolling this out with group policy.
   • Registry -> Find the item that has QTTask.exe as it's component and drop that line. This keeps qttask.exe from running in the background, which you don't need.
   • Shortcut: Drop Desktop shortcut, Uninstall shortcut, and Readme lines
8. Generate a new transform (Transform menu) and save it as something meaningful. I've been using the format ProgramName_<version>.mst (quicktime_7_7_2.mst).
9. Use Orca or Instedit to open AppleApplicationSupport.msi. Locate the Summary information. This is located under view -> summary information in Orca or Tables -> Summary Info... in Instedit. Locate the Languages: box and remove all languages except 1033.
10. Save the transformed MSI as something meaningful or overwrite the original AppleApplicationSupport.msi.

Thanks for your response. I do follow the steps you indicate and have successfully created quicktime packages previously. This seems to be a new problem specific to 7.72.

The install will work fine from the command line but when using group policy the unzip of the QTJava file breaks it. Have ou tried it by pushing through group policy? I would like someone to reproduce this error.

thx