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MSI Installer fails silent installs as SYSTEM



		

			

									
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				                on Feb 20, 2023 
				
			
			
		
    

				
		
    
		    		    
		    
		    		      		            		        
    Category: Software
    
    		        		            		    
    Product Number:  LTSpice 
    
    		        		        		        
    Software Version: 17.1.6
    
    		    		    	
			
    Hi,
    

    We're trying to deploy the LTSpice software (the MSI edition) with the All Users configuration.
    

    Launching the installer via GUI on the device and selecting All Users works.
    

    Deploying it in bulk (silently, etc.) via the SYSTEM account fails with the following error. The icons briefly appear on the desktop, before rolling back on failure.
    

    Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI4967.tmp, Entrypoint: OnExpandArchConfig
    MSI (s) (F4!2C) [15:51:32:795]: Product: LTspice -- The system cannot find the path specified.
    

    C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\LTspice\examples.zip
    

    The system cannot find the path specified.
    

    C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\LTspice\examples.zip
    CustomAction AI_ExpandArchConfig returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
    
									
			        
		
    

				
						
        

    
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                on Mar 6, 2023 10:27 AM
            
            
					
      
	
      

		
		
      
					
      Hi,
      

      The LTspice installation makes use of two directories in Windows: one for the application and the second one for the libraries.  Both directories are under the "user id" "%APPDATA%" ( as an example typically "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData").
      

      As you can see from the reported error, your process is trying to make use of a directory that does not exist. If the script is meant to provide for a given "user", it will have to be aware in the location of those directories for the individual user who will run LTspice. Be aware that LTspice and its installation are making use of "%APPDATA%" as defined by Microsoft and the previous paragraph.. 
      
			
      

		
			
	      

		
		
	
      
	
      
		
      
			
		
      
	
      
	
      
		
						
						
						
						
				
				
		
		
      
			
		
      
	
      

      

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                on Mar 13, 2023 11:05 AM
            
            
												
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        I can also confirm with the user that this install will not work as the SYSTEM account.
        

        We are currently working on modifying our install of LTspice to the MSI version that your company is now publishing over the older exe version.  In going through the process, we have noticed the following.
        

         
        

        If we wish to install the application silently for all users on a computer we are able to use the following command:
        

        msiexec /i "LTspice64.msi" ALLUSERS=1 /qn /norestart
        

         
        

        When on a computer this would be a viable solution as even running as admin runs as a known "user" on the system.
        

         
        

        However, our goal is to distribute through the Microsoft SCCM software distribution service.  The way that apps install via this service is using the Windows NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM account to complete the installation (versus a traditional user account).  The problem is that the application immediately fails the installation process with a 1603 error.  From what I can tell, either the installer would need to be tweaked or additional command line options are needed to specify directory locations (if I read the posts correctly).  We have done numerous installs with msi files using this service so we know that msi installers do install properly using it so we are looking for any help in getting your msi to work within this framework.
        
			
        

		
			
	      

		
		
	
        
	
        
		
        
			
		
        
	
        
	
        
		
						
						
				
						
				
				
		
		
        
			
		
        
	
        

        

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                on Mar 13, 2023 11:05 AM
            
            
												
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          I can also confirm with the user that this install will not work as the SYSTEM account.
          

          We are currently working on modifying our install of LTspice to the MSI version that your company is now publishing over the older exe version.  In going through the process, we have noticed the following.
          

           
          

          If we wish to install the application silently for all users on a computer we are able to use the following command:
          

          msiexec /i "LTspice64.msi" ALLUSERS=1 /qn /norestart
          

           
          

          When on a computer this would be a viable solution as even running as admin runs as a known "user" on the system.
          

           
          

          However, our goal is to distribute through the Microsoft SCCM software distribution service.  The way that apps install via this service is using the Windows NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM account to complete the installation (versus a traditional user account).  The problem is that the application immediately fails the installation process with a 1603 error.  From what I can tell, either the installer would need to be tweaked or additional command line options are needed to specify directory locations (if I read the posts correctly).  We have done numerous installs with msi files using this service so we know that msi installers do install properly using it so we are looking for any help in getting your msi to work within this framework.
          
			
          

		
			
	      

		
		
	
          
	
          
		
          
			
		
          
	
          
	
          
		
						
						
				
						
				
				
		
		
          
			
		
          
	
          

          

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