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Viewing installed applications.

  • April 3, 2009
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Does anyone know if there is a way to add an additional 'folder' to the locations that are reported-on in the Installed Applications List.

We install a standard set of applications on each computer in the usual place ... /Applications/
We install non-standard, user requested Apps in an alternate location in the Users directory... /Users/'SomeUser'/Applications/

These applications are not reported in the "Installed Applications" list.

Can this alternate location be added to the client-reporting process to capture this data?

Peter

Peter Gawlocki
Infrastructure/Desktop Support, Tier 2

Cell Signaling Technology
3 Trask Lane
Danvers MA 01923

pgawlocki at cellsignal.net

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    • jarednichols
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    • April 3, 2009

    While it may not be integrated into your current reports (as I think Casper would need to be modified) you can probably run a script that does an "LS -R *.app ~/Applications" to a file. Once you've got it in a file, you can massage it as needed. It wouldn't give you versions, which may make that useless....

    Just a thought.

    j

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    • Anonymous
    • April 3, 2009

    I'm new to this, but can't you just go to

    Admin tab ->Inventory Options -> Inventory Preferences ->Software tab

    And add /Users to the Application scope.

    I would think that would collect any apps sitting in user profiles.

    Again ­ I'm very new to Casper, so someone tell me if I'm wrong.

    Thanks

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    • milesleacy
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    • April 3, 2009

    Yup. Unless /Users is somehow "special". I haven't tried it myself. Clients aren't allowed to keep apps in their home folders (according to
    AUP) and can't launch them from there (per MCX and/or Casper) in the
    environments I've worked with.
    I'd suggest /Library as a location for organization-specific items. Unless
    you have a compelling reason not to, I'd include all apps in /Applications. If you have apps that are only deployed to a subset of clients, you can
    accomplish this with narrowly scoped Casper policies.

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