Exclude dependencies for Updates only-assignment

[Aleksandergh]

We're using PMPC Cloud/Portal, connected to Intune.

I've added a Clean up-tool for Foxit (https://kb.foxit.com/s/articles/14238322642196-Clean-Uninstallation-of-Foxit-PDF-EditorReader-for-Windows) as a dependency to the PMP provided deployment for Foxit PDF Editor. The Clean up-tool is a Custom app without assignments.

This works perfect for the base installer, but the dependency is also applied to the updates. This causes the Clean up-tool to run, and remove Foxit. The update then naturally fails, as Foxit is no longer installed.

Is there a way to exclude the dependency from the Updates only-assignment?

[Michiel (Patch My PC)]

Hi Aleksander, I'm not familiar with that clean-up tool, but you might want to look into our Uninstall-Software script:

https://github.com/PatchMyPCTeam/Community-Scripts/tree/main/Uninstall/Pre-Uninstall/Uninstall-Software

This can be added to any application as a pre-install script. The -VersionLessThan parameter allows specifying the version number you'd like to keep. By doing it this way, only versions that are older than the one specified will be uninstalled. Versions that are equal to, or newer than the version specified will be left alone. If multiple versions might be installed on the same device, be sure to include the -UninstallAll parameter. This way, you can remove any older version that might be installed, while still retaining automatic update functionality from that point forward. See also:

• https://docs.patchmypc.com/installation-guides/patch-my-pc-cloud/deployments/deploy-an-app/configurations/scripts
• https://patchmypc.com/patch-my-pc-uninstall-software-using-configmgr-or-intune

[Michael (Patch My PC)]

We're using PMPC Cloud/Portal, connected to Intune.

I've added a Clean up-tool for Foxit (https://kb.foxit.com/s/articles/14238322642196-Clean-Uninstallation-of-Foxit-PDF-EditorReader-for-Windows) as a dependency to the PMP provided deployment for Foxit PDF Editor. The Clean up-tool is a Custom app without assignments.

This works perfect for the base installer, but the dependency is also applied to the updates. This causes the Clean up-tool to run, and remove Foxit. The update then naturally fails, as Foxit is no longer installed.

Is there a way to exclude the dependency from the Updates only-assignment?

Currently there is not a way to exclude the Dependency from the 'Update-Only' assignments. The dependency will be created for all assignments created for the deployment.

You will need to create 2 deployments, 1 for the 'Install' and another for the 'Update Only'. Then only include the dependency for the 'Install' deployment.