Conflict Wizard

AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | Application Manager

Edition:Application Manager is included with AdminStudio Professional and Enterprise Editions.

Although a Windows Installer package or merge module may be built to guidelines put forth by Microsoft, it is possible that the interaction between packages, or between a package and the base operating system, may cause unwanted results in your production environment. You can use the Conflict Wizard to identify these conflicts before you deploy packages, and resolve the problems before they affect your end users.

The Conflict Wizard allows you to identify conflicts between a Windows Installer package and packages already imported into the Application Catalog. You can check for a variety of conflict types, including file, component, and registry conflicts. In many cases, Application Catalog can resolve the issues automatically. You can also create your own custom rules to ensure packages conform to your internal standards and practices. Application Catalog has rules to detect conflicts involving: Components, Files, Registry Entries, Shortcuts, INI Files, ODBC Resources, NT Services, File Extensions, and Product Properties.

The Conflict Wizard consists of the following panels:

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Target Information Panel

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Target OS Snapshot Information Panel

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Summary Panel

When run, Application Catalog displays the output report in the Conflicts tab of the Output Window.