Copyright: Monday, July 09, 2001 08:13:19


Specifies whether to deploy the package even if it is in a different language.


Click to add a new category to the list.


Lists the available categories for packages.


Click to change the text that describes the selected category.


Click to delete the selected category from the list.


Lists the categories under which applications can be listed in Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.


Click to remove the selected category from the Selected Categories list. This removes the application from Selected Categories in Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.


Click to add the selected category to the Selected Categories list. This adds the application to Selected Categories in Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.


Lists the categories under which the application can be found in Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.


Specifies that the application is deployed as assigned and that default settings are used for deployment properties.


Specifies that you are editing the package properties manually rather than accepting the defaults. You can also choose between "assigned" and "published" for the deployment method.


Specifies that the application is deployed as published and that default settings are used for deployment properties.


Click to set advanced deployment options.


Specifies that the application is deployed as assigned.


Specifies whether a published application is automatically installed when the user tries to open a file with the appropriate extension.


Specifies that only a basic display of the progress of the installation is visible.


Specifies that all installation messages, screens, and similar items are visible during the installation of the package.


Specifies that this package should not be displayed in Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.


Specifies that the application is deployed as published.


Specifies whether the application is removed when this Group Policy object no longer applies. User-assigned or user-published applications require that the user log on for this setting to take effect, and computer-assigned applications require that the computer be restarted. Enabling this setting, and then immediately deleting or disabling the Group Policy object, is ineffective in removing the application. Leave the Group Policy object enabled long enough to allow the requisite logons and restarts after you change this setting.


Provides a space where you can change the text that describes the selected category.


Click to move the selected application lower in the precedence list.


Lists the file name extensions that are associated with all packages in this configuration.


Shows a list of applications that are appropriate for any open files with the selected extension. If you want one of the applications to be used, move it to the top of the list.


Click to move the selected application higher in the precedence list.


Click to locate the upgrade package that you want.


Specifies that the package is searched for in the current Group Policy object.


Shows the Group Policy object that contains the upgrade package and provides a space for you to type its name.


Shows the list of packages that can be upgraded. Click a package to be upgraded.


Specifies that the upgrade can be installed without removing the previous version.


Specifies that the package is searched for in a particular Group Policy object, which you can specify.


Specifies that the existing package, which is the one selected in the Package to Upgrade window, is removed before the upgrade is installed.


Lists the locales for which the package is deployed. Click to select the locales that you want.


Click to remove the selected locale from the list so that the package is not deployed for that locale.


Click to locate a specific modification package (.mst file).


Click to move the selected modification lower in the list.


Lists the modifications ("transforms") to be applied to the package. Click the modification that you want. Modifications are applied in order from the top to the bottom of the list. In cases of conflict, modifications applied later take precedence because they overwrite earlier modifications.

Caution  Do not click OK until the list of modifications is complete and in the correct order. Clicking OK causes the immediate assignment or publication of the modified package, which could affect many users. After an incorrectly modified package has been assigned or published, you must either upgrade the incorrectly modified package with the correctly modified package or remove the incorrectly modified package and list the modifications again.


Click to remove the selected modification (.mst file) from the list so that the modification is not applied.


Moves the selected modification higher in the list.


Shows the name of the product to be deployed in the package and provides a space for you to type in a new name.


Specifies that future installations of the software not be allowed, but does not remove existing installations.


Specifies that the software is removed from users and computers immediately and that future installations of the software will not be allowed.


Specifies that when you add a new package, by default you want it to be assigned and to have the standard package properties. Packages can be assigned to users or to computers.


Specifies that by default, only a basic display of the installation progress is visible.


Click to find a network location to use as the default package location.


Specifies that when a new package is added, the package properties appear. This is convenient if you expect to change the default package properties often.


Specifies that when you add a new package, the Deploy Software dialog box appears. Use this dialog box to select the Assign, Publish, or Advanced published or assigned options.


Shows the path to the default location for packages (.msi files), and provides a space for you to type a specific path to use as the default.


Specifies that, by default, all installation messages, screens, and similar items are visible during installation of the package.


Specifies that when you add a new package, by default you want it to be published and to have the standard package properties. Packages can be published only to users, not to computers.


Specifies whether the package is removed when it no longer applies to users or computers. User-assigned or user-published applications require that the user log on for this setting to take effect, and computer-assigned applications require that the computer be restarted. Enabling this setting, and then immediately deleting or disabling the Group Policy object, is ineffective in removing the application. Leave the Group Policy object enabled long enough to allow the requisite logons and restarts after you change this setting.


Click to add a package that this package will upgrade.


Shows a list of the packages that can be upgraded by the current package.


Removes the selected package from the list of packages that can be upgraded by this package.


Specifies whether users or computers with packages that can be upgraded by this package are required to upgrade. It is recommended that upgrades be required, not optional.


Click to add an upgrade package.


Shows a list of packages that can be upgraded by the current package.


Lists the packages that are considered upgrades of this package.


Click to remove the selected package from the list so that the present package is no longer considered an upgrade of it.


Specifies whether users or computers with packages that can be upgraded by this package are required to upgrade.


Specifies whether existing copies of this product that are installed by the user independently of Group Policy, for example, from a CD – ROM on the local computer, are uninstalled first.


Specifies whether this 32-bit program is assigned or published to 64-bit computers.


Specifies whether to fully install the application rather than merely advertising it by a shortcut. This option is only available for assigned applications, not published applications. If the computer or user to whom the application is assigned has a slow connection, you might want to avoid this option because the startup and logon process will take a long time when a large application is first assigned.


Unambiguously identifies the application and its version. This globally unique identifier (GUID) can help you troubleshoot Software Installation if you turn on verbose logging.


Shows the number of times the application has been redeployed.


Shows the full path to the .aas file (application assignment script) that deploys this package. This can help you troubleshoot Software Installation if you turn on verbose logging.


Specifies whether to deploy information about COM components with the package so that software on the client can install them from Active Directory as needed, in a manner similar to activation by file name extension. This feature takes some space in Active Directory, so don’t use it unless you need it.


Shows a URL for product support of software deployed in the package, and provides a space for you to type in a different URL if you want to change it.