Re: why does sms program always run as hidden even when set to nor


If you run the exact same command line in the program outside of sms do
you see a user interface?
What is the command line you use?

Kim Oppalfens
MVP SMS
In article <1ABF42AC-2D73-462B-BAF6-6F0389BACC39@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
JamesW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> Yes. I selected "Run with Admin Rights" and "allow user to interact with
> program".
>
> "Use Software Installation Account" and "Supress Program Notification" are
> de-selected.
>
> "Lars Norman SÃ?ndergaard" wrote:
>
> > James,
> >
> > Have you selected the "Allow user to interact" option?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Lars Norman SÃ?ndergaard
> >
> > "JamesW" <JamesW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> skrev i en meddelelse
> > news:88845B22-C9AB-4C63-9347-9F288B410718@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > We are running sms 2003 (no service pack). All of my clients are advanced
> > > clients. I am pushing out several packages including Office 2003. The
> > > applications are installing fine but the problem is this. No matter what
> > > I
> > > do I can't get any of the programs to display a user interface. The
> > > program
> > > is set to run "normal" not "hidden" but it always appears to run hidden.
> > > For
> > > example even if I just call the setup.exe with no switches in the program
> > > there is no user interface. You can see the setup.exe process run in task
> > > manager. I have the same problem when I run MSI files. I have tried with
> > > the
> > > program set to "only when a user is logged on" and "whether or not a user
> > > is
> > > logged on". If I map a drive to the source and run setup.exe from the
> > > command line I get the normal user interface for the office setup. Even if
> > > I
> > > run setup manually from the SMS Cache it works right. I have been able to
> > > duplicate this problem with just about any .msi file. Has anyone else
> > > seen
> > > this problem? Is this normal behavior and if so is there a way to change
> > > the
> > > behavior?
> >
> >
> >
>

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Kim Oppalfens
MVP SMS
Computacenter Belgium
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