Install VLC Media Player Silently using SCCM

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The following process has been tested and confirmed as working with VLC Media Player (Version: 3.0.1) and SCCM R2.

It does the following tasks:

Un-installs previous versions of VLC Media Player
Installs VLC Media Player silently
Removes desktop shortcut

1. Download the latest install file from www.videolan.org/vlc

2. Create a text file called install.cmd and copy in the following information

@echo off
REM  Installs Adobe Reader DC and disables autoupdate checking
REM  ravinderjaiswal.com 
cls
echo --------------------------------------------------------
echo .
echo .
echo Installing Adobe Reader DC silently
"%~dp0AcroRdrDC1801120055_en_US.exe" /sAll /rs /msi EULA_ACCEPT=YES
echo disable auto updates
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\policies\adobe\acrobat reader\10.0\featurelockdown" /v bUpdater /t REG_DWORD /d 00000000 /f

3. Copy the installer file and install.cmd to your software package share

4. You can now create your SCCM package or deploy the software by using install.cmd.

SCCM ConfigMgr

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