Can you please label the version in the MSI better?

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m0gely
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Can you please label the version in the MSI better?

Post by m0gely » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:45 pm

I don't know how easy this is, but it seems like it should be. Other vendors do this to and it's hard to understand why it's ignored.

When I set the FF msi to be deployed, I always choose "Advanced" rather than just "Assigned" just so I can change "Mozilla Firefox (en-US)" to "Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 (en-US)". Alternatively, set the version number that is shown in the version column to "3.5.2" rather than just "3.5". Either one would allow us to know what version is currently installed at a glance of the Group Policy Management window.

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kazirahul
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Re: Can you please label the version in the MSI better?

Post by kazirahul » Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:12 am

I don't know how easy this is, but it seems like it should be. Other vendors do this to and it's hard to understand why it's ignored.

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Re: Can you please label the version in the MSI better?

Post by sfichtner » Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:37 am

I use ORCA. I change the ProductName in the Property table.

Example:
ProductName = Mozilla Firefox (en-US)

changed to:

ProductName = Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 (en-US)

It helps my life out a lot. So, I guess I would call this a beneficial suggestion to have this standard practice. ;)

Steve

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Re: Can you please label the version in the MSI better?

Post by golderm » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:29 am

Agreed this would be cool, I also change it within Group Policy

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Re: Can you please label the version in the MSI better?

Post by DraconPern » Thu Aug 13, 2009 3:28 pm

Hum.. i'll look into it. I remember trying it a long time ago, but the name was too long and got cut off...
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