Re: Modifying Software Installation path

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From: Lee (lee_at_nowehere.com)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:44:34 +0100

Brian,

That sucks, we are talking over 1000 users and about 10 packages.

When I change the msi-file list attribute to my new path, it reflects this
in the policy package, so I don't see why it shouldn't work.

Can you explain the reason why this doesnt work because redploying all the
apps is not an option.

Thanks

LM
"Brian Desmond [MVP]" <desmondb@payton.cps.k12.il.us> wrote in message
news:uB3ZMsqmEHA.2096@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Lee-
>
> You will need to remove the application assignment and reassign it with
> the
> new path. This will trigger an uninstall/reinstall on every workstation
> affected by the policy.
>
> --
> --
> Brian Desmond
> Windows Server MVP
> desmondb@payton.cps.k12.il.us
>
> http://www.briandesmond.com
>
>
> "Lee" <lee@nowehere.com> wrote in message
> news:e70cRfnmEHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to move our current appdeploy folder to a DFS share. All apps
>> deployed via GPO are currently set to install from
>> \\%servername%\apps\%appname%.msi.
>>
>> The new DFS share will be
>>
>> \\eu\dfs\apps
>>
>> I have modifed the msi-filelist attribute on one of my apps to point to
> the
>> new DFS share, and removed the package from the old share, now the
>> package
>> will not install andI get the following error in event log:
>>
>> ID 102
>>
>> The install of application Previous Version Client from policy 45Software
>> Deploy Policy failed. The error was: The installation source for the
>> product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can
>> access it.
>>
>> I have triple checked the path is correct.
>> Tripled checked Authenticated users has access to all DFS shares and NTFS
>> security on those shares and folders within.
>> Ran gpresult -z on the PC which shows the installation path pointing to
> the
>> DFS share.
>>
>> Any other ideas why this isn't working ?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> LM
>>
>>
>
>

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