I am trying to create a package to install Adobe Authorware Plugin for IE as described in this article: http://www.reich-consulting.net/2008/03/28/unattended-installation-of-authorware-web-player/. We have used the method for years on XP and 7, but always
ran it manually using a batch file. For Windows 7 we MUST Run As Adminisrator to be successful.
To make this as short as possible, I am now trying to run the first command from that batch file as an advertised program, but it does not work. The command is:
rundll32 setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 0 awswax.inf
When the program runs it shows in the reports and logs that everything went ok (Return Code of 0 in execmgr.log), but the files do not get installed to C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Authorwa as they do when I run interactively with Run as Administrator. The
program is set to run from local cache and Run with Administrative Rights is selected.
In searching for my problem I found many discussions that say the packages execute as the SYSTEM account which does not have the same restrictions and does not need to Run As Administrator. I found that if I use PSEXEC from MS/Sysinternals, I can launch
a cmd window which is running as the SYSTEM account by running this command:
psexec -i -s cmd.exe
If I try and execute my install command as the SYSTEM account (now interactively), I get "Installation failed". So, this leads me to believe that I still need to select Run As Administrator.
Can anyone help me to make this silent install successful? I don't see a way to have a package Run As Administrator.
