We have an application that integrates with Windows Restart Manager (our client PCs are Windows 7 machines) to allow automatic shutdown and restart of the running application (and not the entire computer) when updates are installed. The installer is MSI-based and we usually install it with the command line "VVC_patient.msi /quiet /l log.txt" which correctly triggers Restart Manager to shut down the application and restart it (the new version) afterwards, completely silent and with no "files in use" dialogs.
But when we deploy this installer through Desktop Central's Software Deployment, whether we do it as a MSI package or as a MSIEXEC.EXE command line (e.g. "MSIEXEC.EXE /package VVC_patient.msi /quiet /norestart /log install-log.txt"), the running application is not stopped during install and the user has to stop it manually and launch it again to see the new version.
Can you tell us of any way to make this work through Software Deployment? It really is the only blocking issue we have with Desktop Central.
But when we deploy this installer through Desktop Central's Software Deployment, whether we do it as a MSI package or as a MSIEXEC.EXE command line (e.g. "MSIEXEC.EXE /package VVC_patient.msi /quiet /norestart /log install-log.txt"), the running application is not stopped during install and the user has to stop it manually and launch it again to see the new version.
Can you tell us of any way to make this work through Software Deployment? It really is the only blocking issue we have with Desktop Central.