Windows 10: Install .exe app with Provision package

Hi,Has anyone had success using provisioning package to install .exe application before? It seems to work with .msi apps but never or so with .exe. Any suggestion would help!!Thank you so much, Alan

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Provisioning package fails to install

Hi Mikeyn,

If it's a provisioning package created by capturing installed apps with Scanstate, my understanding is that you can't apply it at runtime.

From: Configure customizations using Windows ICD - Windows 10 hardware dev

In this context, the ppkg from Scanstate is "reference device data".

It seems from that note that this sort of ppkg won't work at OOBE time either. So I think you're looking at some sort of Windows installation process.

Ways you might try are:

1. use ICD to include the provisioning package into an installer, which can then put onto a bootable USB and installed afresh
2. from a clean install, install the apps, use scanstate to capture the software to C:\recovery\customizations and then use Sysprep to get an image which you deploy with the more traditional route
3. try copying the ppkg to C:\recovery\customizations and running a Reset

For a running PC, I *think* number 3 should work, but I'm not 100% sure, so I'd strongly advise having a good backup before trying it - a Reset will clean a lot of stuff off the PC in any case.

 

Provisioning Package - Only for desktop app

Hi SpikeTJ2,

Provisional packages were designed to apply configuration settings to Windows 10 devices. It focuses only for the development of the personal or IT admin pre-planned settings for selected devices that they need to control. Are you an IT administrator handling
a small to medium size business?

Developing apps or its settings is a separate branch here. Every application have a different person that develops, they are the only ones that can be asked for a configuration.

For more information how this concept works, you can read more here:

• How provisioning works in Windows 10
• Provisioning packages for Windows 10

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Provision Package to control Start Menu tiles

Hello Stephen,



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I suggest you to refer the article on
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