Add remove programs on Citrix

Guest2 · 2 Jul 2009 at 14:33

Who do you need to go through add remove programs rather than simply double clicking the exe?

I just ran an exe (by double clicking) and got a roasting for it at work. When I asked why it was different he just said to leave it.

What does add/remove do over the standard way of installing something?

Snow-Munki · 2 Jul 2009 at 15:09

On Citrix servers you have to do the change user command or use Add Remove programs or it can mess up profiles.

oddjob62 · 2 Jul 2009 at 15:27

Certain things will happend if you install it properly, like any changes made by the install to HKLU will be also noted in a special area on HKLM so it can be set on all users' HKLU. Basically if you just run blah.exe, it will install for the current user, but MAY not install properly for all users.

Sin_Chase · 2 Jul 2009 at 15:52

Citrix is basically Terminal Services.

You can use the Add/Remove method, the Citrix Console or CLI.

In a command prompt:

change user /install

then afterwards

change user /execute

If you are using Citrix then just use the Console to do it. Was it a Published app or not?

chaosophy · 2 Jul 2009 at 20:12

The way I was told it was that just running the exe installs it on the actual citrix server, as if it where a normal server/desktop, where as the add/remove method makes it available to be published as an application.

Guest2 · 3 Jul 2009 at 08:55

My boss was trying to install something called 'Properties Extender.exe' on one of our Citrix servers. He said it wouldnt install so i went onto the server, double clicked the exe and told him that it looks like it had installed because it came up with do you want to modify, change or remove. He then asked how i knew

thanks for the replies