5ean Posted January 23, 2013 Report post Posted January 23, 2013 Hi, I've been lurking here for quite some time and this site has helped me incredibly since i've started using SCCM. I've now came across an issue that there are not topics for (that i can find) so i'm enlisting the help of you fine people! I've got Adobe Acrobat Std X as an application, and i'm wanting to change it from an 'Available' application to 'Required' so that when a machine runs a policy retrieval it will just go ahead and start installed it there and then. When i go to change the option, the field is greyed out and i can't changed it. I know i will be able to change it if i re-create the app but i really dont want to do that! Also, whilst on the topic of Acrobat, i used their Customisation Wizard tool to customise my setup, and i set the option for it remove all old verions of writer and reader. However when the app is installed, its not uninstalling Reader 10.1.4?? Anyone had that issue? Thanks in advance for your help! Sean Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anyweb Posted January 23, 2013 Report post Posted January 23, 2013 you can't change it, you'll need to create a new deployment with the new purpose (required or available) and if you don't want the previous deployment, delete or disable it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iroqouiz Posted January 24, 2013 Report post Posted January 24, 2013 To clarify, you don't need to delete the app itself, just delete the deployment of it and create a new one Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ean Posted January 24, 2013 Report post Posted January 24, 2013 Ah right ok deleting the deployment isnt so bad, thanks for you help! Any ideas on getting Adobe Reader to uninstall when doing an install of Acrobat X Std? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter33 Posted January 24, 2013 Report post Posted January 24, 2013 Use the supersedence feature. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ean Posted January 24, 2013 Report post Posted January 24, 2013 Sorry i should have said, Reader is installed as part of the base image, its not an sccm application that i have created. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter33 Posted January 24, 2013 Report post Posted January 24, 2013 OK, then just create a new application with or without content for the reader. Only the uninstall command is needed for the supersedence (msiexec /x {productcode} /norestart /q). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ean Posted January 25, 2013 Report post Posted January 25, 2013 Peter, I tried your suggestions but an install string is a required field? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter33 Posted January 25, 2013 Report post Posted January 25, 2013 Yes it is required, but you can fill in anything you want. Also the detection rule is required, but there you need to use the correct product code. Anyways, i would suggest to create a real application. Sooner or later you will need one, because Adobe will replace the latest MSI installer with an update. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
