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zsloan112
New Contributor
7 years ago

Test Execute must be closed before installation can continue (MSI)

I am cuurently working on developing a script that will call a powershell script to go through a folder and use msiexec to install a number of different .msi files. To be able to test my software I n...
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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
7 years ago

My suggestion:

 

Instead of making the installation part of your TestExecute test project, run the installation seperately using PowerShell and then invoke your TestExecute test project.  Unless you are actually TESTING the installation, it's not necessary to run it as part of TestExecute. 

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zsloan112
New Contributor
7 years ago

I am testing the installation of all the MSI's becasue part of my build steps are copying all the correct MSI's to a cloned VM, install it all (where my issue is now), then continue on with the testing of my application. I need this all to be automated so that is why I have it as part of my test steps.