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gladdin123
Copper Contributor
Mar 04, 2025

We’re running into an Intune issue where a Win32 app with a dependency sits at "Download Pending"

Setup: Main App: Installs in User Context Dependency: Installs in System Context Dependency Detection: Hosts file modification detection script Direct file detection does NOT work either When ...
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BeardoWeirdo
Copper Contributor
Mar 11, 2026

Just wanted to leave a record of the fix that worked for me. I was in a similar situation, 2 applications, both set as available, 1 being a dependency for the other (.Net Desktop Runtime being the dependency). Il leave out the middle part but the fix was to remove the available assignment from the dependency app (.Net) as that was stopping Intune from enforcing its installation. 

As soon as I did that BOOM

All the evidence came from the AppActionProcessor.log and when dependency app was set to available you can see:

"effective intent: RequiredInstall, and enforceability: DetectOnly"

Once I removed the "Available" assignment, next time i tried to install my Parent application it installed the dependency without issue as indicated in the same log:

effective intent: RequiredInstall, and enforceability: Enforceable

This might have been answered in another forum post but thought I would drop it here as this one was unanswered.