Re: problem deploying app via AD

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Hello Jeff,

If you publish software to users this is expected, will not be set to Start menu, you have to go viw Add/remove programs:

Publishing Software for Users
The benefit of publishing software, instead of assigning it, is that it requires less management when change occurs in the Active Directory structure. Typically, you publish applications that are nonessential for the users. When you publish software for a user, it does not initially appear to be installed on the computer. There is no Windows Installer advertisement information about the software on the computer in the registry, on the desktop, or on Start menu as a shortcut. On an as-needed basis, the user installs the published software by using Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel. Users can also install the published application by selecting a file that has a file name extension for an application.

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/d3d52f5d-45ab-4be9-a040-28ffe09bc8f81033.mspx?mfr=true

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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hey

I'm trying to deploy an application (Microsoft Expression Blend) via
Active Directory. domain controller is a win2k3 machine and client
computer is winXPpro+sp2

the problem is that on the client computer I see the software in the
Control Panel | Add or Remove programs. But I don't see the app on the
start menu. The app was published to a specific user. I've read that
for to deploy apps via AD to specific user the user needs to logon
twice, so I did. But still nothing in start menu, only in Add/Remove
Programs

(this is a test network I've setup at home for the purpose of learning
about AD)

any suggestions?



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