Re: Why install through Add/Remove?

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Following on from this;

Is using Group Policy to assign software to a terminal server an accepted
deployment method?

Cheers.

GD

"Jeff Pitsch" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Applications put things in the HKCU key when they are installed. What
happens if a new user logs in who didn't install the application? well,
when using Add/remote Programs or change user /install (they do the same
exact thing), Windows actually records what happens to the HKCU/software
key and what .ini files are put in the Windows directory. I then stores
these settings in the, what is commonly referred toas, the shadow key.
Then when a new user logs in it puts those settings that are in the shadow
key in the HKCU/software key and copies any ini files to the home drive of
the user in a windows directory.

So in essence, it prevents you from having to installt he application for
each individual user so that they get their HKCU/software settings.

Hopefully that makes sense. This is a critical function of termin
services and is not lightly overlooked.

Jeff Pitsch
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"Vincent Delporte" <justask@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi

On my test server, I can install our apps either using the usual
SETUP.EXE that we built, or through the orthodox Add/Remove Programs
applet or use the command-line "Change user /install" followed by
"Change user /execute". Either way, the app runs OK as far as I can
tell.

Why do books mention that apps MUST be installed the orthodox way?
What does that indirect way of installing applications actually do?

Thank you.




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