Hello, we are trying to install an update to an application that may or may not be present on the client and if it isn't deploying the update to that client results in a failure that is not really a failure. I'd like to set a requirement that one of the application's files be present on the client before install is attempted. Is there a way to do this?
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SOLVED Require file before installation
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We are in the process of transitioning from Zenworks to MECM and our certificate for Zenworks expired leaving many of our clients disconnected. So this is really just a certificate deployment to the root store. The detection method just looks to see if the registry key that is added by the updater, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\ROOT\Certificates\950F6E..., exists. However, the Zenworks client isn't installed on every workstation in our network and the "updater" (exe created by MicroFocus) won't install the cert if Zenworks isn't found. This throws an error or times out. So we just want to detect if Zenworks is present on the box before attempting the install. In the deployment type, requirements tab, I don't see anything that allows requiring a file or registry key to be present on the system before install is attempted. This seems like a basic feature that is missing... but then I am used to Zenworks where I can detect just about anything and set it as a major or minor requirement for install.
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I think I have this figured out. You have to create a custom requirement. It confused me when I looked at this option as the list was already populated with dell command options. Clicking create allows you to create the file requirement. Testing now.
