Software Inventory Settings

When you perform a software inventory on a Client PC, Vector AM collects a snapshot of the PC's directory structure and searches the file names. By default, any files with an extension of EXE or COM are identified as applications. Use the Software Inventory Settings dialog to specify which file types you want to include in software inventory operations for this Site, and to specify how you want the operations to treat these files.

To specify the Software Inventory Settings:

1    Click Site Settings in the Software tab of the Customize Software Inventory dialog. Alternatively, choose Settings in the File menu of the Software Identification Manager.

2    Select the settings you want to change:

Exclusions Use this list to specify locations that you do not want software inventory operations to check:

    Click Add to add a new location to the list.

    Click Modify to edit the selected location.

    Click Delete to remove the selected location from the list and reinstate checking for applications.

Exclude listed directories from application recognition Select this option to prevent software inventory operations in this Site from checking the specified directories for executable files.

Exclude directories from unrecognized application report Select this option to omit applications found in the specified directories from the Unrecognized Application report.

Report directories containing unrecognized applications of types In addition to listing applications identified using the Applications Library, software inventory operations can report unidentified executable files. Files that include version information are listed in the Provisional Identifications tab; any remaining files are listed in the Unidentified Software tab. Select this option to include any non-identified files in software inventories and to specify the file types you want to include.

For example, enter *.EXE,*.OCX, *.DLL to identify all files with these extensions as executable files.

Attempt automatic identification of unrecognized applications Some manufacturers encode the name and version number of an application in their application files. Select this option if you want to identify installed applications using this information. The applications are listed in the Provisional Identifications tab.

If this option is not selected, all executable files not identified by application definitions are displayed in the Software Identification Manager's Unidentified Software tab.

3    Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog.