Installing CitrixReceiver.exe without any user prompts

Question

I'm trying to install CitrixReceiver.exe silently via a PowerShell v5 script so the user doesn't get prompted for anything.

Start-Process "C:\HelpDesk\CitrixReceiver.exe" -ArgumentList '/silent' -wait

The script this is in is always ran with administrator privileges. But, there is a windows security prompt that appears with the options of "run" and "cancel". I am running windows 10 enterprise, so when I go to the .exe file and go to it's properties, there is no option to "unblock" the file like stated in another similar question I found. I've also tried using the /quiet and /qb arguments but the prompt still appears. How can I get this security prompt to stop appearing?

Answer 1

Try this in an administrator command prompt:

C:\HelpDesk\CitrixReceiver.exe /q:a /c:"install /q"

I'm not sure if this will work in powershell, but it worked in a regular prompt for a different executable that I had to install quietly earlier today. You could always save it in a batch file and then call it from powershell if it doesn't work directly in powershell.

More info on these switches and quietly installing an exe file can be found here .

Answer 2

Citrix Receiver supports the "/silent" switch however you need to specify other parameters as well. One example is:

C:\HelpDesk\CitrixReceiver.exe ENABLEPRELAUNCH=TRUE ALLOWADDSTORE=S ENABLE_SSON=YES ALLOWSAVEPWD=A UseCategoryAsStartMenuPath=True /STORE0="PNAgent;https://testserver.net/Citrix/PNAgent/config.xml;on;My PNAgent Site" /silent /includeSSON /noreboot

All the installation switches and instructions are avaible at Citrix' site: http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/receiver/windows/4-3/receiver-windows-install-wrapper/receiver-windows-cfg-command-line-42.html

However uses will still have to login the first time they launch the application, and if no store is specified they'll also have to input the store url.