OpenBoard

For managed OpenBoard updates, close OpenBoard before running the Windows installer. If OpenBoard is still open during an update, the installer can fail with Exit Code 1, so configure Intune, ConfigMgr, PSADT, or similar tooling to detect and close the application before install/upgrade. OpenBoard Windows installers are available from the official download page: openboard.ch/download.en.html.

For managed OpenBoard Windows deployments, pre-stage both Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) and the current Microsoft Visual C++ v14 Redistributable (x64) before treating installer failures as OpenBoard version problems. This is most useful on clean classroom or lab images where older VC++ runtime components may not already be present.

Use OpenBoard’s official Windows download page for the installer source: openboard.ch/download.en.html. Microsoft publishes current Visual C++ 2015-2022 redistributable links on its latest supported Visual C++ Redistributable page.

For managed OpenBoard deployments, preinstall Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Redistributable and Microsoft Visual C++ v14 x64 Redistributable before running the application installer. Model the runtime as an explicit prerequisite or dependency so install/update detection runs only after the required component is present. Source: official OpenBoard source.

Deploy OpenBoard silently enterprise-wide using its Inno Setup installer with OpenBoard_Installer_x.y.z.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /MERGETASKS=desktopicon to suppress UI, prevent reboots, and add a desktop shortcut. Post-install, disable software updates via PowerShell: (Get-Content "C:Program FilesOpenBoardetcOpenBoard.config") | ForEach-Object { $_ -replace "EnableSoftwareUpdates=true" , "EnableSoftwareUpdates=false" } | Set-Content "C:Program FilesOpenBoardetcOpenBoard.config". This ensures a hands-off deployment with controlled update behavior.