msi install with external rdi file instead of custom msi
Our company packages all software with SCCM and rather than recreate a new MSI file for every new version, is it possible to just call an RDI file with an MSI option? Even if we have to export a new RDI file each time (after one of us installs the latest version) to pick up any new settings, that is better than creating a new MSI file. Or, at least gives us options.
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Hello,
You can achieve the same behavior as a custom installer + RDI file if you use a Default.cfg file that you deploy in the installation folder of RDM. When a Default.cfg file is present, RDM will first check for it and prompt the user if they want to use this new configuration. Whatever the choice they make, RDM will then save a hash of this Default.cfg file in its RemoteDesktopManager.cfg file, and compare against it in the future. This means that unless the Default.cfg file changes, the user will not be prompted for the configuration again.
You can find out more about the Default.cfg file in this topic. While it's written for Terminal Services environments, it's still applicable in your case.
There's a few settings that may not be available when exporting your configuration file to create the Default.cfg file as compared to the RDI file, if anything crucial is missing that would be required in your case, let me know and we'll see if this is something we can improve.
Regards,
Hubert Mireault