Where can I find an MSI installation of Dell Command instead of .exe?
How do I install Dell Command Update with the GUI via task sequence?
I wanted MSI source file for dell command. Dell command 5.4
How has Dell Command Update worked for you?
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I cant seem to get the silent install to work using the .exe and I dont know why. Is there a .msi file out there for Dell Command? Where is it?
Anyone done this yet? I have it installing as an MSI but it does not install the GUI portion of the program, just the command line. That part has been working good. I'm trying this option:
msiexec /i "DellCommandUpdateApp4_3.msi" /qb /norestart
But I think the switches are just for the actual install itself and not the final product correct? Is there a way to do this?
We recently did a slow release by installing Dell Command Update in new images (so not directly from Intune) and configuring it to update itself via the Intune ADMX. So right now, only about 5% of devices have Dell Command Update. We have it configured to update once per month.
How has it worked for you? Do you have any horror stories? Do you have any config recommendations?
Any advise on this ?
I run this as an application towards the end of the TS then reboot with MDT and run it again followed by another reboot before finishing up the whole TS.
@echo off
TITLE Running DELL Command Update...
REM Checks for updated DELL Drivers using DELL Command Update CLI
"C:\Program Files\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /configure -silent -autoSuspendBitLocker=enable -userConsent=disable
"C:\Program Files\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /scan -outputLog=C:\dell\logs\scan.log
"C:\Program Files\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /applyUpdates -reboot=disable -outputLog=C:\dell\logs\applyUpdates.logIt's pretty self explanatory but it configures it first, does a scan, then applies the updates and disables reboot so that MDT can do it instead. I run this against DCU 4.1.
I don't recommend silencing the Apply Updates stage (it isn't in that script above) because sometimes it can take a little while and not being able to see what it's doing can be nerve racking.
Update: Not sure if this was recent but you must now remove the (x86) out of the Program Files path (maybe they made the app x64 now?)
Here's a script I made that works really well. Of course you can tailor it for a GPO but standalone, it works wonders.
The gist is.. it will check if Dell Command Update is installed and if it is, it will run it and install all available updates. If it's not installed, it will look for the Dell Command Update msi and silently install it and then run it silently. If it cannot find the msi automatically, it will prompt you with an explorer GUI to browse to the .msi and silently install/run it.
Esentially.. a single click to do all Dell updates. It's also turning off Dell automatic update (handy for enterprise/small business) but you can delete/comment that out. In order to get the .msi you can run the Dell Command Update tool and in the middle of it running, you can find it in the Windows temp directory and copy it out of their and put it on a network share or USB stick for mass deployment.
@echo off
cls
tasklist | find /i "DellCommandUpdate.exe" && echo Closing existing Dell Command Update && taskkill /im DellCommandUpdate.exe /F
SET file=S:\Downloads\DellCommandUpdate.msi
if exist "C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" goto:runDellUpdater
if exist "%file%" goto:installDellUpdater
echo Please navigate to the DellCommandUpdate.msi file
set dialog="about:<input type=file id=FILE><script>FILE.click();new ActiveXObject
set dialog=%dialog%('Scripting.FileSystemObject').GetStandardStream(1).WriteLine(FILE.value);
set dialog=%dialog%close();resizeTo(0,0);</script>"
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%p in ('mshta.exe %dialog%') do set "file=%%p"
:installDellUpdater
echo Installing Dell Command Update app
"%file%" /quiet
:runDellUpdater
echo Disabling Dell automatic updates
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Dell\UpdateService\Clients\CommandUpdate\Preferences\Settings\Schedule" /v "ScheduleMode" /t REG_SZ /d "ManualUpdates" /f
echo Running the Dell Command Update app
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /ApplyUpdates
pauseIs anyone having issue with DCUv5.0 Legacy in your Task Sequence?
I was able to install DCUv5.0 locally. Once we uninstalled DCUv5.0 to test using Software center, which we didn't get that fair yet.
We noticed when trying to install locally on the same machine.
Thank you for any guidance
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:09 2023] Update Package Execution Started
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:09 2023] Original command line: "C:\Users\Test\Downloads\Dell-Command-Update-Windows-Universal-Application_1WR6C_WIN_5.0.0_A00 (1.EXE")
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:09 2023] DUP Framework EXE Version: 4.9.7.21
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:09 2023] DUP Release: 1WR6CA00
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:09 2023] Initializing framework...
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:09 2023] Data in smbios table is (hexvalue = a , Chasis type (hex)value = a , System type is : Client)
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:10 2023] logo.png
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:11 2023] User Command: attended
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:11 2023] DUP Capabilities Value: 2097151 (0x1FFFFF)
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:11 2023] DUP Vendor Software Version: 5.0.0
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:11 2023] System ID: 0B06
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:11 2023] System model description: Latitude 5530
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:11 2023] Match found: Latitude 5530 (0B06)
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:11 2023] Local System/Model Compatible with this Package? Yes
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:11 2023] Local System OS Version: 10.0.0.0
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:11 2023] OS Compatible with this Package? Yes
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:11 2023] Local System OS Language: EN
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:11 2023] Language Compatible with this Package? Yes
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:11 2023] Identified Behavior : attended
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:11 2023] Error locating default extractpath
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[Thu Aug 10 14:04:11 2023] Name of Exit Code: ERROR
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:11 2023] Exit Code set to: 1 (0x1)
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:11 2023] Result: FAILURE
[Thu Aug 10 14:04:12 2023] Open file: C:\ProgramData\Dell\UpdatePackage\Log\Dell-Command-Update-Windows-Universal-Application_1WR6C_WIN_5.0.0_A00 (1.txt)