Tricking detection rules to uninstall different bit versions of Visio?

Courtney Regan 71 Reputation points
2023-03-24T21:41:06.7966667+00:00

Hi All - I need to remove a few Visio 2019 installs. Some of them are 32-Bit and some are 64-Bit. For detection rules, I would use file detection. I want the uninstaller to cover both bit versions. However the issue I can see is that the detection for 32-Bit Visio will look for VISIO.EXE in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16. But if 64-Bit Version of VISIO.EXE is on the system, it will fail because the EXE is not in the location it's expecting when trying to detect the version on a 64-Bit installation.

Can I add multiple file detection rules for one deployment type depending on the bit version path? Or no, I must create two separate application deployment types for each bit version we need to remove?

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  1. AllenLiu-MSFT 40,081 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2023-03-27T08:30:25.0333333+00:00

    Hi, @Courtney Regan

    Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.

    We can add two detection rules and connect them with "Or":

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