Creating an Application using an EXE

In this lecture, we are going to create an application based upon an EXE. This one is going to be a little bit more complex and time consuming just because we can't automatically prefill a lot of that detection information that the MSI automatically filled in for us**. **We will be using Chrome.exe

From the Console Click the software Library, Application Management, then right-click on Applications and click create Application.

From the Create Application Wizard, the **General **screen, click Manually specify the application information, then click next.
From General Information , fill out the Meta Data. You can go ahead and stop the video while you fill out the name, publisher, and software version. Now click next
Now for Application Catalog , click edit, and let’s choose a User Category. You can click add and create your own categories if you like. These categories will appear in the clients Software Center and will help you organize your applications. I’ll go ahead and choose browser then click ok.
Now I can fill in some of the details. Browsing out to the Chrome Icon, then click open then click next
Now lets create our Deployment Type, click Add, from the General Screen , click the down arrow and **notice there is no EXE, **so we need to choose a script installer. Then click next.
From **General Information, Now type **the Deployment Type Name – Chrome 83.106 EXE -x32, then click next.
**From Content, **content location, click browse, then go out to the application location, then click select folder. Then type in the Server Name.
**From specify the installation command, **click browse, then browse to the install program and double click the exe. So, the installation program is chromesetup.exe
Now for an EXE, we will need to find out what the silent command line is. A silent install enables the app installation without the user being aware of th…