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install the program. Any subfolders inside a network shared folder are
automatically shared.
IMPORTANT If your deployment folder is nested inside a series of subfolders, you
risk exceeding the path length limit set by the Windows operating system. Avoid
this possibility by placing your deployments in a location at or near the top
directory of the drive, such as \\serverXX\Deployments.
If you select the option to create a network log file, then during installation,
the user's computer writes an entry to the log file in the network share.
Therefore, this option requires that users have read-write access to the network
share.
You can create a deployment folder on a network share as part of the process
of creating the deployment. If you plan to create several deployments of the
same product or suite, configured for different user groups, then these
deployments can share the same administrative image, and the shortcuts can
reside in the same folder. However, if you plan to create deployments of
different products or suites, it is recommended that you create separate product
folders on the network share before starting to create deployments.
For more information on how to create a network share, see the documentation
for your operating system.
Create a Deployment
Use this procedure to create a new deployment from the installer. In the
process, you can create a default deployment by accepting the default
configuration of each installed product, or you can create a custom
deployment by customizing the configuration settings of one or more
products in the deployment.
To create a deployment
1 Close all running applications on your computer.
2 Start the installer.
3 On the first page, if language choices are available, select a language for
the deployment instructions, and then click Create Deployment.
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