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Update an app which was manually installed by the user
We onboarded a few devices to Intune. Users have all sort of apps installed on their devices. Now, I want to update those apps. E.g. user installed notepad++ version 7 two years ago, and I now want t...
- Two things worked out in the end:
1. Manually uninstalling the app on the client, then installing the newer version using a win32 app
2. Deploying a PowerShell script from Devices > Scripts to the machine which uninstalled the app remotely, then waiting for the win32 to be installed on the device.
As a note (example of notepad++) -- and this may just be the way we have it configured -- but on a version that was manually installed (not part of our Intune installs, nor superceded), an updated Intune app installed and updated the manually installed version without issue. No notice was given about supercedence. But it replaced the app, and updated it (reflected in add/remove programs, and the app itself).