Screentogif: Silent Install doesn't install Start Menu Shortcuts

[pyoungberg]

We pushed the ScreenToGif.2.19.3.Setup.msi installer via Intune to our machines with the /silent switch and it installs, but no shortcut is placed in any of the users' Start Menus. Note, it's installing in the Per-User context so it should be running the installer as the currently signed in user. "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenToGif" exists on every machine we push it to, so we know it's installing. Can you have the msi installer drop a shortcut or a folder with a shortcut to "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs", even when the installer is run silently? Thank you!

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[NickeManarin]

Hi, the switches to add shortcuts are these:

msiexec /i "ScreenToGif 2.19.3 Setup.msi" /quiet /norestart INSTALLDESKTOPSHORTCUT=yes INSTALLSHORTCUT=yes

https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/wiki/Installation-parameters

I'm not sure if it works with Intune.

[pyoungberg]

Thanks, but this only works when manually executing ".\ScreenToGif.2.19.3.Setup.msi /quiet INSTALLSHORTCUT=yes". The properties (INSTALLSHORTCUT) are being ignored though when it's pushed through Intune. Can you confirm that they're marked as SecureCustomProperties, like shown in the example below?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39225934/customaction-and-msi-properties-ignored-when-deploying-through-intune

[NickeManarin]

Ah, it was false by default.
I can't test it, since I don't work with Intune. Could you test it?

Properties = new[]
{
    new Property("INSTALLDESKTOPSHORTCUT", "no") { Secure = true },
    new Property("INSTALLSHORTCUT", "no") { Secure = true }
},

ScreenToGif 2.19.3 Setup.zip

[pyoungberg]

Worked like a charm, thanks @NickeManarin. Successfully deployed to several machines through Intune.

[NickeManarin]

@pyoungberg Great! This change will be available with the next version of the app.

I see that this issue was funded on IssueHunt.
Since the installer is not open sourced in here, there's no way to get the bounty. :/

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[pyoungberg]

I canceled it on IssueHunt - You should see the payment come through PayPal in the next few days.

[NickeManarin]

@pyoungberg Oh, thank you! :D