Joshua Mackelprang

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3. Find and Delete a shortcut for all users

Hey Geoff, A quick foreach loop in PowerShell should take care of this, $files = Get-ChildItem C:\Users\*\Desktop\your_shortcut.lnk foreach ($file in $files) { Remove-Item $file -Force -WhatIf...

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• Created November 06, 2018 21:54
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3. Best OS for package server?

Hi, This is really a matter of personal preference, just keep in mind what access your defined accounts in PDQ need access to Personally, I would suggest DFS servers and using pull mode as that wil...

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• Created August 28, 2018 22:35
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3. Inconsistency Deploying packages

Hi, The run-as options are usually only needing to be modified for very specific installers, the Deploy User in most cases will be the best choice. Firefox for example, if ran under the context "D...

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• Created August 28, 2018 22:32
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3. Help filtering computers where app A is installed and App B is not installed

Hi, Something like this should do the trick: -Josh

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• Created August 28, 2018 22:29
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3. Feature Request: Ability to break out download step from install step

Hi, Patrick is correct, there is not a way to do this directly within Deploy, but you could accomplish something similar with schedules, and some manual cleanup. Schedule 1: File-Copy all required ...

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• Created July 30, 2018 21:26
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3. PDQ Inventory Scan as logged in user

Hi, Its not possible to run a scan as the logged on user, but a files and directories scanner can still get that information, see this KB for more information: https://support.pdq.com/knowledge-bas...

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• Created July 30, 2018 21:23
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3. Need a Dynamic Collection that shows if a program is not installed

Hi Gilbert, This link should get you going in the right direction: https://documentation.pdq.com/PDQInventory/16.4.0.0/index.html?dynamic_collection_editor.htm The collection library is also always...

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• Created July 24, 2018 19:08
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3. Need a Dynamic Collection that shows if a program is not installed

Hi, You'll likely want to structure your filters like this: All > Not Any > Application Name > Contains > (app_name) This will also return machines in your console that have not been scanned, so t...

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• Created July 23, 2018 23:16
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3. Auto update collections?

Robert, Thank you for agreeing to work with Jason on this issue. We value feedback from admins like yourself who manage large numbers of machines.  We have been able to make tweaks to the applicati...

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• Created April 23, 2018 22:00
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3. PDQ Deploy background service has extremely high memory usage

Hey Alan, I have turned this into a support ticket, I'll be contacting you soon via email. 

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• Created January 11, 2018 17:04
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