[THIN] Re: V10 client does not uninstall v9?
- From: Evan Mann <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:38:17 -0400
The .exe and .msi installers for screwdrivers will search out ICA and
RDP clients for you, I've never seen a way to specify it manually. So,
as long as you run a screwdrivers installer AFTER installing v10 you
should be OK. The 1 catch is trying to re-install the same version of
ScrewDrivers over itself using the same exact client version with the
MSI, it doesn't work because it won't kick off the search for ICA/RDP
client feature. Only the EXE will do this on a re-install over itself
What version of PS are you using that you see the client window changes?
I've been testing against PS4 R02.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Greenberg
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:25 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: V10 client does not uninstall v9?
What if you started fresh, installed the v10 ICA client, will
ScrewDrivers let you specify the ICA directory??
PS- that is freaky that the ICA window version changes and changes
backwards to what I have seen!
Steve Greenberg
Thin Client Computing
34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
(602) 432-8649
www.thinclient.net
steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Evan Mann
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 6:42 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: V10 client does not uninstall v9?
With both version installed, I actually noticed the initial ICA client
window was new (connection established, negotiating abilities), then it
went to the old logo. The ICA client in the tray is slightly different
(more faded) so that must be the new version.
I then uninstalled the old client, and lookie here, .ICA files are no
longer associated with the new client. JOY.
Re-ran the v10 web client install and chose repair. .ICA files are
associated again. Launch an app and the same change of the ICA window,
new logo that changes to old. Must be the way the client is coded?
Haven't tested a clean computer with v10 (no previous ICA clients
installed/uninstalled)
Wihile I was testing, I tested ScrewDrivers v4 Client since I use that.
Using MSI file since this can be pushed to users via GPO.
That installs drops sdica6.dll into the ICA clients installed folder.
So it was in the v9 client folder, but after I installed v10, it was
obviously not in there. So does that mean ScrewDrivers isn't working
with a v10 install that was upgraded from v9 without a re-install of
ScrewDrivers? YUP, that is most certainly the case. Wow, that stinks.
Have to re-install ScrewDrivers so it can search out the new path to
v10. This is getting lame.
More ScrewDriver fun. If you install ScrewDrivers with v9, then upgrade
to v10, and try to re-run the same version of ScrewDrivers client, a
modify/repair will not cause a re-search for new ICA clients. You need
to remove, the re-install. Or, install a newer version of ScrewDrivers
client (if one exists at that time). I wonder if there is a command
line flag to trigger a search in ScrewDrivers in MSI? The .exe
version (WISE install package) does not have the repair/modify option,
so you can reinstall the exe all day long of the same version and it
will keep overwriting the files and re-searching. Ok, so that's a
workaround, but far from ideal.
So, what did I learn?
1) The Citrix v10 web client won't uninstall the v9 client
2) If you uninstall v9 after v10 is installed, ICA won't work, need to
reinstall v10
3) Citrix changed the install path, which means 3rd party printing that
relies on that path now breaks (ScrewDrivers v4 in this case) and will
need to be reinstalled
Ok, so how to avoid all this? How about get the v10 client to install
to the old path. Ran msiexec /a ica32web.msi for the v10 web client.
Nope, no place to choose installation path there. Ok, so what about
hacking up the MSI with Orca or such? That's a lot of work, if it's
even a viable option.
Hmm, fun.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Greenberg
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 8:59 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: V10 client does not uninstall v9?
I don't know, but I have seen the same thing. What was even weirder is
that the intial ICA client launch windows looks like the old version and
then turns into the new v10 look!
I am assuming we should be un-installing the old client and then
installing V10......
Steve Greenberg
Thin Client Computing
34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
(602) 432-8649
www.thinclient.net
steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Evan Mann
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 5:53 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] V10 client does not uninstall v9?
I have been installing v10 web client on a few computers that have v9.x
web clients installed using the ica32t.exe straight from Citrix. I
pulled down ica32web.msi off the Citrix site for v10 and installed it.
Add/Remove programs shows "Metaframe Presentation Server Web Client for
Win32" (v9.x) and "Citrix Presentation Server Client" (v10) listed.
C:\Program Files\Citrix has \icaweb32 (v9.x) and \ICA Client (v10).
ICA connections via WI are launched with v10 client.
Is there a reason the v9.x web clients are not being uninstalled? Is
this same behavious observed with PN and Pnagent installs?
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