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multiple installations of the same app
Hi, PDQ reports that different versions of the same application are installed. However, in Windows Control Panel, it shows just the latest version. This is only happening to Preform as far as I'm...
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Workaround/Solution to outbound connections (PDQ > Clients)
Hi, Due to various cirsumstances, we need to replace our traditional IPsec VPN in the next few weeks. I have investigated/demo'd some modern VPN or VPN "alternative" services, which are fantastic; ...
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Deploy: run Powershell script from PDQDeploy server?
Hi, I'm rolling out LAPS in my org and have installed the powershell module on the PDQ central server. This saves installing it on all the workstations. I would like to create a new PDQ package whi...
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Feature Request: Collection name coloring (conditional)
Hello, I would like to see a feature where I could color the name/label of a collection based on conditions/criteria. For example, lets say I have a dynamic collection containing computers which ha...
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[SOLVED] Install Date & Time: all apps the same
[PDQ Inventory 18.1.0.0 Enterprise Mode] Hello Apologies if this has been asked already, but I could not find the answer from searching. I have a weekly report emailed to me showing which applicati...
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Application not showing in PDQ (nor Control Panel)
Hi, We use Ansys (https://www.ansys.com/en-gb a massive engineering application ~25GB in size). This doesn't show up in PDQ, nor the Windows Control Panel. It installs lots of Start Menu shortcuts...
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Powershell not running as logged on user
I have a package to deploy Arduino IDE. One of the steps requires editing the preferences.txt file in the logged on users %localappdata% folder, but this step is failing and the output shows this i...
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Solidworks: CLI install, works when run manually, but 1603 error from PDQd
Hello. I have a Solidworks Admin Image, which I am deploying to machines are two sites. On the 1st site, my PDQ package simply has step to run startswinstall.exe /install /now However, at my 2nd ...
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PDQ's PSWindowsUpdate packages: handling failed updates
Hi. I really appreciate PDQ providing these packages to users. I'm using these instead of WSUS, which recently died on me, forcing me to look at alternatives methods of patching workstations. The p...
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Help getting vssadmin/shadow copies max size (WMI/PowerShell)
Hi, I would like to be able to get the value of 'Maximum Shadow Copy Storage Space', which is the maximum % of the drive available for storing shadow copies. I'm only interested in the C: drive, wh...