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Updating MSI source location for per-user install - 8/27/2008 12:32:03 PM

jkantner

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We recently swapped out the server at a large secondary site. New server has new name. This left the MSI source path on the clients incorrect for 100-odd packages.

Most of the related path entries for per-machine MSI installs on the clients got updated automagically (eventually) by the SourceUpdateManager process. Not so for per-user MSI installs, as hinted at in the MS white paper (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=32F40DB4-6706-4E62-B867-AA1D332B6403&displaylang=en). Any known tools or scripts for making the change on per-user installs, or do we need to cobble our own?

Also, even for the per-machine MSI installs, the automatic process doesn't seem to touch the SourceLocation value under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Uninstall ... that may affect ability of some apps to be uninstalled.

Thanks,