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The original was posted on /r/sysadmin by /u/Th1sD0t on 2023-08-07 06:31:38+00:00.

I’m an SCCM admin and decided to pass arguments to msi files by using transforms. Unfortunately the Adobe Acrobat installer (setup.exe, which calls a msi file internally) always uses a locally cached MST file. I can overcome this by deleting the corresponding key under “HKLM\Software\Classes\Installer\Products{GUID}” but of course this is not a suitable solution.

I assume I read the whole TRANSFORMS documentation of MS but I can’t find a way to tell the installer not to use a cached mst but the one in the installer directory instead.

Changing the product code *could* be a solution, but I fear breaking other functionalities then.

Embedding the mst in the msi is also a possibility, but this would by my last resort.

Any chance one of you have also faced this issue before and found a solution?