Testing Repackaged and Source Windows Installer Packages

AdminStudio 2025 | 29.0 | Automated Application Converter

You can choose to launch a Windows Installer package for testing on a virtual machine directly from Automated Application Converter. You can test both of the following types of Windows Installer packages:

• Repackaged MSI package—A repackaged Windows Installer package that was converted from a source Windows Installer package using the Automated Application Converter.

• Source package—A source Windows Installer package that you have added to the Packages tab.

To test a Windows Installer package, perform the following steps:

To launch a Windows Installer package for testing:

1. Do one of the following:
   • Perform package conversion as described in Using the Application Conversion Project Wizard to Perform an End-to-End Conversion or Performing a Conversion Using the Application Conversion Wizard. Converted packages are listed under their source package.
   • Add a Windows Installer package to the Packages tab, as described in Adding Packages from an AdminStudio Application Catalog or Adding Packages from a Local Machine or Network.
2. Launch the virtual machine that you want to use for testing.
3. On the Packages tab, right-click on a Windows Installer package and select Launch Package for Testing from the shortcut menu. The Select Virtual Machine dialog box opens, prompting you to select the virtual machine that you want to use to test the selected package.
4. Select a virtual machine from the list and click OK . The following will occur:
   • The Automated Application Converter will connect to the selected virtual machine.
   • The virtual machine will reboot to the snapshot listed on the Machines tab in the Snapshot Name property of the selected virtual machine.
   • The Guest Agent will launch, and progress messages will be displayed.
   • The Windows Installer package will be copied to the virtual machine.
   • The Windows Installer package will launch, and the following message will be displayed:
5. Test the application to determine whether it is operating properly.
6. When you have completed testing, click the OK button on the Automated Application Converter message dialog box to shut down the virtual machine. After you click OK, the following message will be displayed in the Automated Application Converter Output window:

[10:48:25 Windows7 - MyApp.msi] Done running application. Shutting down machine.