UseAddRemove

IT Asset Management (Cloud)

Command line | Registry

This preference applies only for inventory devices running a Windows operating system.

UseAddRemove determines whether the application usage component makes use of the Add/Remove Programs store for identifying executables to monitor:

• When set to True, the application usage component uses the Add/Remove Programs data to try to identify application components to monitor
• When set to False, the application usage component ignores Add/Remove Programs. This is the default setting, because many publishers' entries here are not reliable – for example, settings may include incomplete installation paths, particularly where the common part of the path is shared by many products from the same publisher.

Tip: This preference may be changed by downloaded device policy where this inventory device is included in a defined target for which one of the following options has been selected:

• Allow application usage tracking on these targets sets this preference to True
• Do not allow application usage tracking on these targets sets this preference to False.

For more information, see IT Asset Management Help > Discovery and Inventory > Creating a Target.

Values

Values / range

Boolean (true or false)

Default value

False

Example values

True

Command line

Tool

Application usage component (mgsusageag)

Example

-o UseAddRemove=True

Registry

Installed by	Installation of FlexNet Inventory Agent, or manual configuration
Computer preference	[Registry]\ManageSoft\Usage Agent\CurrentVersion