Anyone use a script to silently update 3CXPhone for Windows?

[mcbsystems]

With v16 SP6 comes a new version of 3CXPhone for Windows. I'd rather not ask all users to install the update; in fact, users without Windows administrative privileges can't do the update themselves, leaving me to log on to each machine.

I do have a Remote Management and Monitoring agent (RMM) on each machine that allows me to run scripts in the background. Just wondering if anyone is using a script or other means to silently update 3CXPhone? Are there any gotchas to this approach? In a brief test, the following command line stopped a running 3CXPhone and silently installed both 3CXPhone and a new VC++ redistributable:

msiexec /i 3CXPhoneforWindows.msi /quiet

 

[3CXusername]

We use to mass upgrade before server upgrades to avoid 3CX client "update pop-up":

%SystemRoot%\System32\taskkill.exe /f /im 3CXWin8Phone.exe

msiexec.exe /i "3CXPhoneforWindows.msi" ALLUSERS=1 /qn /norestart /log output.log

start "" "C:\ProgramData\3CXPhone for Windows\PhoneApp\3CXWin8Phone.exe" (as logged on user)

 

[mcbsystems]

Thanks @3CXusername. Do you run that as a logon script? Wondering how you get the logged-on user context, especially since the installer requires elevated privileges.

BTW the taskkill seems to be handled by the installer itself now.

 

[3CXusername]

use PDQ deploy to set MSI step as system and start step to logged on.

 

[mcbsystems]

Great, thanks for the suggestion.