deploy iTunes on Windows 10

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SupVog Author

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deploy iTunes on Windows 10

Hello,

As our users have no local admin privileges, I need to deploy iTunes to their computers.

How can this be archived?

I found many old How-Tos and some different ways, but none of them works anymore.

The latest solution was to download the Installer, unpack it, run the MSIs in a specific order (App Support 32, App Support 64, Device Support, Bonjour, Updater, iTunes). But this doesn't work anymore, because App Support 32 and App Support 64 quit with an error, that a newer version is already installed. It's a vanilla Windows 10 with no Apple software installed.

If I just skip App Supports and continue with other components, iTunes doesn't work, because AppSupport is missing.

Long story short:

How do you deploy iTunes to your users' PCs (using tools like Microosft SCCM or any other desktop management) silently and without any user interaction requiered (msiexec parameter "/qn")

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 9:34 AM

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mjcm_nl

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Apr 5, 2019 7:40 PM in response to SupVog

Found this, maybe this helps

REM Does not included AppleSoftwareUpdate

REM Installing Apple Application Support
msiexec
 /i "%~dp0AppleApplicationSupport.msi" /qn /norestart ALLUSERS=true /l*v
 "%windir%\logs\AppleApplicationSupport12.7.0.166.log"

REM Installing Apple Application Support
msiexec
 /i "%~dp0AppleApplicationSupport64.msi" /qn /norestart ALLUSERS=true 
/l*v "%windir%\logs\AppleApplicationSupport6412.7.0.166.log"
 
echo Installing Mobile Device Support
msiexec
 /i "%~dp0AppleMobileDeviceSupport6464.msi" /qn /norestart /l*v 
"%windir%\logs\AppleMobileDeviceSupport646412.7.0.166.log"
 
REM Installing Bonjour
msiexec /i "%~dp0Bonjour64.msi" /qn /norestart /l*v "%windir%\logs\Bonjour6412.7.0.166.log"
 
REM Installing iTunes
msiexec /i "%~dp0iTunes64.msi" /qn /norestart /l*v "%windir%\logs\iTunes64.msi12.7.0.166.log"

REM  Cleaning Up Installation
if exist "C:\Users\Public\Desktop\iTunes.lnk" del "C:\Users\Public\Desktop\iTunes.lnk"

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SupVog Author

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Apr 11, 2019 2:25 AM in response to mjcm_nl

That's the way I'm trying.

I always get

Product: Apple Software Update -- A later version of Apple Software Update is already installed on this computer.

Product: Apple Application Support (64-bit) -- A later version of Apple Software Update is already installed on this computer.

etc.

On freshly installed machines which definititely never had any Apple software installed.

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Answer 3

turingtest2

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Apr 6, 2019 11:22 AM in response to SupVog

You might need to preinstall some visual C components if iTunes hasn't previously been installed. See this note on VC80 errors and the one below it on the Universal C Runtime.

tt2

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