Applicability Rules

The applicability rules are rules used to decide whether or not a package should be offered to a client. These rules are as follows:

IsInstallableApplicabilityRule – Obtains the rules for determining whether or not this item is installable on a given computer. It generally consists of paths and version information of relevant files.

IsInstalledApplicabilityRule – Obtains the rules for determining whether or not this item is already installed on a given computer. It generally consists of keys and value information of relevant registry keys.

IsSupersededApplicabilityRule – Obtains or sets the rules for determining whether or not this item is superseded by another update on a given computer. It generally consists of paths and version information of relevant files.