Hide BES Clients from the Add/Remove Programs List - BES Client < 8.0
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Description

The standard BES Client installation package will list the BES Client in the Windows "Add/Remove Programs" Tool. Any user logged in with sufficient privileges can see and remove the BES Client using "Add/Remove Programs". Use the action below to remove the BES Client entry from the "Add/Remove Programs" list.

Note: After applying this action, Task #252 will become relevant and will allow you to restore the BES Client entry to the "Add/Remove Programs" list.

Note: On BES Client upgrades, the BES Client entry will be automatically restored to the "Add/Remove Programs" list. To prevent this from happening, you can apply this action as a "policy" action.

Property Details

ID539
TitleHide BES Clients from the Add/Remove Programs List - BES Client < 8.0
CategorySupport
Download Size0
SourceBigFix
Source ID<Unspecified>
Source Severity<Unspecified>
KeywordsBES Client Add Remove Programs
Added by on 10/17/2012 1:16:07 PM
Last Modified by on 10/17/2012 1:16:07 PM
Counters 4603 Views / 2 Downloads
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Relevance

Used in 223 fixlets   * Results in a true/false
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(if exists property "in proxy agent context" then ( not in proxy agent context ) else true )
Used in 92 fixlets and 24 analyses   * Results in a true/false
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version of client >= "5.1"
Used in 24 fixlets   * Results in a true/false
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((if (version of client >= "8.0") then (windows of it) else (name of it starts with "Win")) AND platform id of it != 3) of operating system
Used in 4 fixlets   * Results in a true/false
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version of client < "8.0"
Used in 1 fixlet   * Results in a true/false
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exists key whose (exists value "DisplayName" of it AND value "DisplayName" of it = "BigFix Enterprise Client" AND name of it starts with "{") of key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" of registry
Used in 2 fixlets   * Results in a true/false
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not exists key "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\CB3207FBB9131EF45B968C451AF9188F" of registry

Actions

Action 1 (default)

Action Link Click here to hide the BES Client from the "Add/Remove Programs" list.
Script Type BigFix Action Script
parameter "guid" = "{(name of it) of (key whose (value "DisplayName" of it = "BigFix Enterprise Client" and name of it starts with "{") of key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" of registry)}"
regset "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{parameter "guid"}]" "RemovedDisplayName"="BigFix Enterprise Client"
continue if {exists key whose (exists value "RemovedDisplayName" of it and value "RemovedDisplayName" of it = "BigFix Enterprise Client" and name of it starts with "{") of key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" of registry}
regdelete "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{parameter "guid"}]" "DisplayName"
Success Criteria

This action will be considered successful when the applicability relevance evaluates to false.

Action 2

Action Link Click here for information on how to make this action a "policy" action that will automatically open the BES port on any computer that has this Fixlet message relevant.
Script Type URL
http://support.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/kbdirect.pl?id=113
    

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