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About Windows Installer repair
Types of Windows Installer repairs
You can proactively identify and repair broken applications on selected computers.
If an application needs repair, a repair command is sent to the Windows Installer
service to initiate self-repair.
You can repair Windows Installer applications with a policy or task as follows:
Policy
Use a policy as your primary means to repair Windows Installer
applications. A policy not only repairs the applications that are currently
broken, but it can also repair any applications that break in the future. To
repair current and future applications, schedule the policy to run on a
recurring basis.
A policy can perform a quick repair or a full repair.
Task
Typically, you use a task to repair a specific application. For example, if a
user reports a broken application, you can create a task to repair that
specific application on that user s computer.
A task can perform a full repair only.
See
"Types of Windows Installer repairs"
See
"Repairing Windows Installer applications"
The Software Management Solution agent must be installed on the client
computers for you to perform Windows Installer repairs.
See
"Installing the Software Management Solution agent"
Instead of using a Windows Installer Repair policy or task to repair Windows
Installer applications, you can use the remediation feature of Managed Software
Delivery. Managed Software Delivery provides more control over the criteria that
are used to determine when a repair is needed. Instead of a predefined key path,
it uses the meta data that is associated with the software resource, which your
Software Catalog administrator defines. Managed Software Delivery can also
repair multiple software resources with a single policy. A Windows Installer Repair
policy or task can repair one application or all applications.
See
"About policy applicability, compliance, and remediation"
See
"About managing Windows Installer applications"
Before you repair Windows Installer applications on managed computers,
determine the type of repair to perform.
Managing Windows Installer applications
About Windows Installer repair
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