HOWTO - Remote Refresh of NAL

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Update!

Depending on the version of the agent on the machine, you will need a different autorun.exe. This obviously complicates things. Ideally, you'll all be running ZDM SP1 but we all know how realistic that is. Unfortunately, you'll have to download seperate ZDM/ZfD snapins to get the pieces you need. I would recommend creating an application object that copies the correct one down to the users' pc based on the version of the agent. If you have this force-run on a daily basis, then it can update the file when you update the agent.

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Why is this useful?

Have you ever published (Is that MS terminology?) an app to a user but didn't want to wait for NAL to refresh? Well, here's a useful tip for forcing a refresh of NAL w/out remoting into the target PC.

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Synopsis:

We're going to get the autorun.exe file which refreshes NAL. Copy that to a working path on the target PC (could also run from network) and launch file via Remote Execute

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Step By Step Instructions

  • Browse via Windows Explorer to ConsoleOne\1.2\lib\zen
  • There should be an autorun.exe file. This file refreshes NAL/NALDESK.

Click for Alternate Instructions for retrieving the autorun.exe file

  • Once you have autorun.exe, Create an App Object to copy this file (I renamed mine to something descriptive) to someplace on a workstation (or network) that's in the path
  • Use Remote Execute to launch


relevant links:

Force a Manual Refresh of NAL


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