To Work with Service Packs in Deployments

How to extract MSP files and include them in deployments.

To extract an MSP file from a service pack

Before including a service pack with a deployment, the Microsoft Installer Patch (MSP) file must be extracted from the downloaded service pack executable file.

1. Download the service pack from the Support site for your product.
2. Review the service pack Readme file for information about patch usage.
3. Open a Windows command prompt and enter the patch file name followed by the /e switch and a target file name. Here is the general command format:

   <local_drive:>\<patch_name>.exe /e <local_drive:>\<patch_name>.msp

   Here is an example:

   C:\ProductSP1.exe /e ./ProductSP1.msp

   where ProductSP1.exe is the name of the downloaded patch and ProductSP1.msp is the name of the extracted file. Using ‘./’ in front of the extraction file name places the extracted file in the same folder as the original executable. The “e” command line switch extracts the MSP file from the executable.

To include a service pack with a deployment

1. On the configuration panel for a product in the deployment, find the Service Packs section. You may see one or more service packs that you can download from Autodesk.
2. Choose whether to include service packs from Autodesk or from a local file.
3. If you are including a local service pack, click Add, and then navigate to the file.