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#16
Hi Andrew,

Just checking if there is any development on this request.

Thank you!
#17
Quote from: Adam Cook (Patch My PC) on January 04, 2023, 04:21:46 AMHi TimothyG, it seems this version is not a straight forward upgrade to 2.0.0.135 from 1.56.2110 and requires more testing.

First thing it's x64 only now I think.

Secondly the installer now is 62MB with a new Logo and new vendor. The previous installer was ~900KB.

Thirdly, it doesn't remove the previous version, and it seems the silent installs witch has changed.

I will update you as soon as I can.

4th The new version works much better than version 1.5  :)

I was about to request the detection of <2.0 versions and their removal before installing version 2.x on x64 devices, glad I found this thread!
However, I would like to ask for this to be extended to the updates section also, is this feasible Adam, Ben?
#18
Hello PMPC Team,

As always, thank you for your great product and support.

I have both runtimes selected (for both architectures) in the ConfigMgr apps list, their updates are also served, the issue I'm facing is that when Visual Visual C++ 2015-2022 runtime is installed and subsequently Visual C++ 2015-2019 update tries to install, it fails because the 2015-2022 version is newer and supersedes it.
I would like to propose the following:
1) The detection rules of 2015-2019 should detect the newer version(s) and skip the installation for a full app or an update.
2) In the PMPC GUI, there must be a blocking function that grays out and deselects (if selected) the older version if a newer is superseding it (for the 2015-xxxx ones). Also a message to remove the old application would be nice.

Do these proposals make sense to you?
Are the above feasible?

With regards,
George Simos
#19
Please check the Application Event log, in two cases of mine, the following events are logged:

1) Event ID 10005, Source: MsiInstaller, Level: Error, User: System, Product: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC -- Error 2753.The File 'acrosup64.dll' is not marked for installation.

2) Event ID 1024, Source: MsiInstaller, Level: Errors, User: System, Product: Adobe Acrobat DC (64-bit) - Update 'Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
(22.001.20117)' could not be installed. Error code 1603. Windows Installer can create logs to help troubleshoot issues with installing software packages. Use the following link for instructions on turning on logging support: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=23127

3) Event ID 1036, Source: MsiInstaller, Level: Information, User: System,Windows Installer installed an update. Product Name: Adobe Acrobat DC (64-bit). Product Version: 22.001.20117. Product Language: 1033. Manufacturer: Adobe. Update Name: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
(22.001.20117). Installation success or error status: 1603.

You can enable logging by adding the registry keys detailed here: https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNotesDC/continuous/dccontinuous.html?highlight=asian#creating-msi-logs-on-windows.
Also a possible solution is to run the Acrobat cleaner (AcroClean) tool, I will test that and come back, the tool can be found here https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Labs/cleaner.html.
#20
Coming back for this, the best way to get the Model Name for a deployment type (for one or multiple applications) is by using the SCCM powershell cmdlets.
Example:
Get-CMDeploymentType -ApplicationName "KeePass*" | Select-Object -Property LocalizedDisplayName, CI_UniqueID, ModelName | Out-Gridview
You can omit the CI_UniqueID but it is a good thing to have and compare with ModelName.

Thank you again Jake!
#22
Hi Jake,

Thank you for the quick response, I will check the Deployment Type ID if it matches and will revert if needed.
#23
Hello,

I'm in the process of replacing multiple versions of KeePass (1.x and 2.x, MSI and EXE Setups) with the latest one that is based on MSI installer.
However, I don't have all the previous versions covered by PatchMyPC due to quite old installations, manual ones and the application retention I have set in the publisher.
Because I have either on hand or have located and downloaded all the installers needed, I have created respective applications to be superseded by the latest one but also provide the uninstall command to remove the old ones.
I wanted to use the ability of the "Interactive user notifications" feature in PatchMyPC and use the binaries and modified Package.XML and Detection Scripts as the base of these applications (something that I have done a couple of times succesfuly so far and it is really cool).
However, setting the notification settings and republishing the content for the latest application's version, I noticed in Package.XML the following (sample application based on the Setup.exe installer):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Package>
  <VendorName>Dominik Reichl</VendorName>
  <ProductName>KeePass v1 - EXE Install</ProductName>
  <AppNameFilter>KeePass Password Safe%</AppNameFilter>
  <AppVersionFilter>1.40</AppVersionFilter>
  <SilentUninstallArg>/verysilent</SilentUninstallArg>
  <CommandLine>/MainFile=KeePass-1.40-Setup.exeÿ"/MainArg=/VERYSILENT /NOCLOSEAPPLICATIONS /NORESTARTAPPLICATIONS /NORESTART /SP- /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES"ÿ/BlockingProcessPolicy=Notifyÿ/UserNotificationTimeout=120ÿ/PreventConflictingProcessRestartÿ/NotificationPolicy=AutoCloseÿ/FocusAssistPolicy=DiscardNotificationÿ"/ApplicationName=KeePass v1 - EXE Install"ÿ/[b]ApplicationID=2e630e69-0b39-4b2b-a6c0-3cc3bf8b551b[/b]ÿ/KillProcessList=KeePass.exeÿ/ShortcutFileName=KeePassÿ/LoggingSwitch=/LOG={path}ÿ/PrefixInstallLogÿ/LoggingPath=C:\windows\ccm\logs\PatchMyPCInstallLogsÿ/LogRetentionDays=28</CommandLine>
  <InstallationBehavior>System</InstallationBehavior>
  <PackageID>TST123AB</PackageID>
</Package>

So the ApplicationID is something I haven't noticed before (as it isn't present if you don't use the user notifications feature), I wanted to ask the following:
1) Is this GUID generated arbitrary or not
2) If not, is it related to any files accompanying the applications such as the .exe, .msi, .dll ones?
3) Last but not least, if it isn't related, can I create one by myself to add it in the applications created by me, in order to leverage your solution's functionality?

Thank you.
#24
Between us, the Teams "machine wide" installer is not such a thing, what it does is a staging of the installation and then a per-user install when the user logs on. Pretty weird for Microsoft's standards if you ask me..... :o
#25
Great! That was lightning fast! Thank you again Andrew!
#27
Hello,

The VMWare tools should not be available for Windows 2008 Server OS because VMware removed support some time ago.

With regards