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Are "Smart" Snapins possible (e.g. only install if target application isn't running)?

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    numericOverflow
    last edited by Nov 28, 2018, 3:49 PM

    I’m just starting to use FOG, and am wondering if the snapins handle collisions when the target application is already running?

    Lets say I’m trying to install Keepass password manager, but I know that the application is very likely running on the end-user’s PC. Obviously data loss is very bad with some applications, so I don’t want to blindly kill/update the application with a snapin. Instead, I want to update, only if the application isn’t running, or whenever the app closes and it’s safe to install.

    Is there a way to make the snapin smart enough to gracefully update the target application, if it’s actively running on the host?

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      Sebastian Roth Moderator
      last edited by Nov 28, 2018, 4:46 PM

      @numericOverflow Maybe just use “smart” powershell scripting to do just that. So far this is not implemented in the snapin code and I don’t think we could make this bullet proof anyway.

      Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

      Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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        Wayne Workman @numericOverflow
        last edited by Nov 29, 2018, 4:08 AM

        @numericOverflow You should research/test what happens if you run the update while the application is installed or not, running or not. Maybe it’s fine.

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