Hi, Interesting. We hadn't that over here yet. well we still have win 2008r2. though we will migrate to 2016 this autumn/fall. I used this command line parameters to get NVDA on the servers. I got a few errors of sound cards and other stuff but those copies work with nvda remote and my modified start icon. Command line parameters for installer: nvda_2017.3.exe --install-silent --minimal I also played a little bit with some free wix editors: wixedit: looks nice but it seems to forget where its source files are. iswix: looks pretty complex and not very nice to navigate. there are some others but they seem to be outdated or just for visual studio. Greetings, Simon Mit freundlichen Grüßen Simon Eigeldinger Informatik Nebengebäude 1, OG1 ------------------------- Stadt Hohenems Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Straße 4 6845 Hohenems Österreich Tel.: +43 5576 7101-1143 Fax: +43 5576 7101-1149 E-Mail: simon.eigeldinger@hohenems.at Web: www.hohenems.at Diese Nachricht und allfällige angehängte Dokumente sind vertraulich und nur für den/die Adressaten bestimmt. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] Im Auftrag von Katherine M. Moss Gesendet: Donnerstag, 07. September 2017 16:59 An: 'Blind sysadmins list' <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Betreff: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NVDA MSI package? I plan to do more than that; we need something for NVDA that will be reliable on servers; this might be a different issue, but it seems that NVDA crashes with the process of updating itself on Windows server 2016. Did that on my deployment server running Otter and Windows server 2016; gave the file is in use error when trying to install (never happens on Windows 10, and they come from the same code base), and then I went to find the shortcut, and it gave me an error about not being able to find the file; running the executable directly brings up a nice error sound with no visible mmessage; just a sound with nothing on the screen. In light of that, I would rather use the MSI (Or MSU (Windows update file process)) for updating servers since that's what they understand the best. Who knows ... can you use WSUS to deploy custom packages? Thought ... -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Eigeldinger Simon Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 10:40 AM To: 'Blind sysadmins list' <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NVDA MSI package? Hi, I guess there are some more though that was the first one i was able to find. *smile*. Tomorrow i will see how well it does. Have it configured and installed Wix 3.11. I just need it to install a portable copy of NVDA and a modified copy of the icon. Then i am happy. *smile* Greetings, Simon Mit freundlichen Grüßen Simon Eigeldinger Informatik Nebengebäude 1, OG1 ------------------------- Stadt Hohenems Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Straße 4 6845 Hohenems Österreich Tel.: +43 5576 7101-1143 Fax: +43 5576 7101-1149 E-Mail: simon.eigeldinger@hohenems.at Web: www.hohenems.at Diese Nachricht und allfällige angehängte Dokumente sind vertraulich und nur für den/die Adressaten bestimmt. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] Im Auftrag von Katherine M. Moss Gesendet: Donnerstag, 07. September 2017 16:34 An: 'Blind sysadmins list' <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Betreff: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NVDA MSI package? That's one, though I've seen other examples as well. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Eigeldinger Simon Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 10:16 AM To: 'Blind sysadmins list' <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NVDA MSI package? OK Wrong infoJust found that in the wixtoolset.org website in the download section: Info for Visual Studio: New! WiX Toolset Visual Studio Extension this extension provides integration for the WiX Toolset into Visual Studio. You will still need to install the WiX Toolset v3.11 build tools. Download the appropriate versions from the Visual Studio Marketplace:. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Simon Eigeldinger Informatik Nebengebäude 1, OG1 ------------------------- Stadt Hohenems Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Straße 4 6845 Hohenems Österreich Tel.: +43 5576 7101-1143 Fax: +43 5576 7101-1149 E-Mail: simon.eigeldinger@hohenems.at Web: www.hohenems.at Diese Nachricht und allfällige angehängte Dokumente sind vertraulich und nur für den/die Adressaten bestimmt. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] Im Auftrag von Katherine M. Moss Gesendet: Donnerstag, 07. September 2017 15:53 An: 'Blind sysadmins list' <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Betreff: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NVDA MSI package? I think it will be interesting. And for the installers, I think there is an Extension for Visual Studio that could possibly be used; there are a couple of WiX editors out there. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Eigeldinger Simon Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 9:44 AM To: 'Blind sysadmins list' <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NVDA MSI package? I guess it will not make bash go away because of some parts that ps doesn't understand yet. Though here are some betas and the repo: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell How would you create a MSI file out of the exe? Knowing how it would work would be interesting. Haven't found a free MSI install creator at the moment and haven't looked into wix yet. Greetings, Simon Mit freundlichen Grüßen Simon Eigeldinger Informatik Nebengebäude 1, OG1 ------------------------- Stadt Hohenems Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Straße 4 6845 Hohenems Österreich Tel.: +43 5576 7101-1143 Fax: +43 5576 7101-1149 E-Mail: simon.eigeldinger@hohenems.at Web: www.hohenems.at Diese Nachricht und allfällige angehängte Dokumente sind vertraulich und nur für den/die Adressaten bestimmt. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] Im Auftrag von Katherine M. Moss Gesendet: Donnerstag, 07. September 2017 15:36 An: 'Blind sysadmins list' <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Betreff: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NVDA MSI package? Oh. Thanks for that update; I need to brush up ... I want to eventually use powerShell on linux as well; will be nice when PS takes over Bash as the default shell on every Unix system, and then CMD on Windows goes completely away. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Eigeldinger Simon Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 9:06 AM To: 'Blind sysadmins list' <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NVDA MSI package? Hi Katherine, Would be great. I played a little bit with MSI Wrapper from www.exemsi.com but i am unsure if everything will work as expected. *smile* My PowerShell skills are not all that well. Need to find a good book first. One should come out in October with PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell Core 6. Greetings, Simon Mit freundlichen Grüßen Simon Eigeldinger Informatik Nebengebäude 1, OG1 ------------------------- Stadt Hohenems Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Straße 4 6845 Hohenems Österreich Tel.: +43 5576 7101-1143 Fax: +43 5576 7101-1149 E-Mail: simon.eigeldinger@hohenems.at Web: www.hohenems.at Diese Nachricht und allfällige angehängte Dokumente sind vertraulich und nur für den/die Adressaten bestimmt. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] Im Auftrag von Katherine M. Moss Gesendet: Donnerstag, 07. September 2017 14:59 An: 'Blind sysadmins list' <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Betreff: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] NVDA MSI package? Batch? Eew. Use PowerShell! LOL Kidding ... No, but I could create one if you want, or at least attempt to ... -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Eigeldinger Simon Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 7:31 AM To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] NVDA MSI package? Hi all, Anyone heard of a MSI package for NVDA? I also have a second idea also to distribute nvda. I plan to write a batch script that uses robocopy to distribute a portable install of nvda and drops a preconfigured desktop icon on the public desktop. i guess thats better than dropping the folder onto the computer using a gpo. pushing 100 mb across a network with workstations with a slow connection might not be fun while the user logs in. It also might be a good idea to drop a message to the NVDA devs that more and more seem to want to distribute NVDA over many computers which is easier done with something automated. 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