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Customizing the Shell Extension installer

The following options for the Shell Extension client installer can be set on the command line (quiet install), contained in a Windows Installer Transform file, or modified with an MSI editor such as Orca.

Table 1. Shell Extension custom installation options

Option

Description

SHEXTURL

URL path, including server information, to the root virtual directory on the Bravura Security Fabric server (http://<server>/<instance>/).

SHEXTTARGET

Name of the Active Directory target system in Bravura Security Fabric.



Example silent install command
msiexec /i hidshext.msi SHEXTURL=http://<server>/<instance>/ SHEXTTARGET=AD /quiet
Modifying the installation properties with an MSI editor

Obtain an MSI editor such as Orca. Orca is a table editing tool that can be used to edit .msi files. Information on how to use Orca and where to download it can be found at:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/msi/orca-exe .

To modify the properties with an MSI editor:

  1. Use the editor to open the MSI installer.

  2. Select the Property table.

  3. If the property already exists, select it and edit its value. If the property does not exist, add the property and set its value.

  4. Save the MSI installer package.

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