Bojan Živković
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Having successfully deployed Microsoft Office 2016 to test collection containing one test computer running Windows 7 I noticed some "strange" behavior (maybe bug) in Software Center on test computer.
After installation there is an option in low right corner Uninstall which, if chosen, would fail (probably because I did not specify command for uninstalling application - I did specify only setup.exe command for installing application) with status Removal failed for Microsoft Office 2016. If it is selected option Install selected appears in low right corner otherwise there is an option Retry.
I do not know if this is by design but it is very misleading. Why is this happening and is there are way of "resetting" Software Center on client in order to display right information - in this case info that Office 2016 is installed. If there is no solution for this, is it recommended to always provide command for uninstalling application since I have read somewhere that if you allow user to install app from Software Center he/she will always be able to press Uninstall button - it will be successful or not depending on whether command for uninstalling was specified while creating application.
UPDATE: I added command for uninstalling Office 2016, run all cycles on client computer and now in Software Center Available Software is empty (which is ok I guess) but in both Installation Status and Installed Software Office 2016 is listed with Uninstall option grayed out. Now I can not uninstall Office 2016 even though I specified uninstall command with parameters.
After installation there is an option in low right corner Uninstall which, if chosen, would fail (probably because I did not specify command for uninstalling application - I did specify only setup.exe command for installing application) with status Removal failed for Microsoft Office 2016. If it is selected option Install selected appears in low right corner otherwise there is an option Retry.
I do not know if this is by design but it is very misleading. Why is this happening and is there are way of "resetting" Software Center on client in order to display right information - in this case info that Office 2016 is installed. If there is no solution for this, is it recommended to always provide command for uninstalling application since I have read somewhere that if you allow user to install app from Software Center he/she will always be able to press Uninstall button - it will be successful or not depending on whether command for uninstalling was specified while creating application.
UPDATE: I added command for uninstalling Office 2016, run all cycles on client computer and now in Software Center Available Software is empty (which is ok I guess) but in both Installation Status and Installed Software Office 2016 is listed with Uninstall option grayed out. Now I can not uninstall Office 2016 even though I specified uninstall command with parameters.
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