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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.
That's basically the initial problem I had: I don't have the original MSI file as the previous version is very old, so I cannot create an win32app. Or is it irrelevant what MSI file I use?
You can create a Win32 app with a empty install.cmd and a uninstall.cmd containing a "msiexec /x "{XXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX}" /q" line with a detection on the current file in c:\program files.
- 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. - Did it work out for you now?
- test it on a workstation and deploy it like that, if that works you can configure Supercedence with your newer version specifying to use the uninstall of the old version
- Ok, understood. Then, I could also create a PowerShell script containing "msiexec /x "{XXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX}" /q" and push it to the device for an uninstall. Will try it out.