PDXpert PLM Software Installation Guide

Advanced install: Group Policy deployment of PDXpert client

This feature is applicable only for release 6.4 and higher.

System administrators may need to create a Windows Group Policy deployment package to automatically distribute PDXpert client software to client workstations. See, for example, this Microsoft knowledge base article.

To create your GP deployment package, you can extract the necessary components from the PDXpert installer. The PDXpert client installer .EXE file contains three components:

• Separate installation profiles for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows
  • pdxpert.client.setup32.msi
  • pdxpert.client.setup64.msi
• A pdxpert.client.setup.cab file that contains code common to both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.

The correct MSI file and the shared CAB file must first be transferred to a client workstation. The MSI file is then launched to begin installation.

How to extract the MSI & CAB from the PDXpert client EXE installer

This section describes how to extract the MSI and CAB files from the PDXpert client software installer .EXE file.

1. After downloading the PDXpert server and client installer files into a convenient folder, open Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder.

2. Holding down the keyboard Shift key, right-click within the folder to display the context menu. Select Open command window here to open a command prompt.

   

3. Type in the extraction command:

   PDXpertClient-Rnnnnn.exe /e "C:\[yourpath]\Extract"

   For example:

   

4. Close the command prompt window and note that the two MSI and one CAB file are now in the destination folder, as show below.

   

5. If the Program Compatibility Assistant window is displayed, you can click the Cancel button.