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Query for exit codes? Need to find 1641's... - 8/25/2008 8:35:20 PM

jfraser174

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Can anyone post how to query for exit codes? i need to find all exit codes that happen for a large install with exit code 1641.

Thanks in advance for any help.

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RE: Query for exit codes? Need to find 1641's... - 8/25/2008 11:13:19 PM

jsandys

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Exit codes are completely application dependant and do not have to follow any standard. That being said, Windows does have a set standard of error codes which most applications do use for their return codes. The easiest way to query for what a code means is to drop to a command shell and type
net helpmsg <error code>
In this case, a 1641 means "The requested operation completed successfully. The system will be restarted so the changes can take effect."

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RE: Query for exit codes? Need to find 1641's... - 8/29/2008 3:53:24 AM

swipe

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I use this page for my exit codes:

http://desktopengineer.com/windowsinstallererrorcodes

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RE: Query for exit codes? Need to find 1641's... - 8/29/2008 10:41:33 AM

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I also agree that it is not possible to build a collection based upon an exit code since that is server-related information as opposed to client inventory information. However, if you are looking for a way to have an advertisment rerun on computers that failed, build your query such that it uses a subselect to list computers that are not in the list of computers with the software installed (sample below). Then set your advertisment to run on a recurring basis.

select Name from SMS_R_System where Name not in (select SMS_R_System.Name from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_SoftwareFile on SMS_G_System_SoftwareFile.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_SoftwareFile.FilePath = "c:\\windows\\system32\\" and SMS_G_System_SoftwareFile.FileName = "xcacls.exe")

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