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As I noted previously, the proper approach is to talk to the PRODUCT TEAMs who are building these misbehaving packages.

But this is the wrong place to complain about this behavior because the *WSUS* environment has absolutely nothing to do with the behavior of client-side installers. Microsoft products have been known to exhibit this behavior, I'm not denying that fact. Also, there are also possibilities that the CLIENT can be responsible for such issues as well.īut. Or perhaps a more fair answer would be that it's not exclusive Second, the problem here hasn't even been proven to be a *Microsoft* problem, because until each and every folder is identified by vendor/product, those MSI installations could be from anybody. (IĪlso, unlike a Microsoft employee, have the right to bail on the conversation when it becomes too pedantic.) Being an MVP merely means that I've been recognized for VOLUNTEERING my time to help people like you in these forums. They have channels for doing that if that's what you want to do.
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Well, as you are a Microsoft MVP, consider this an official complaint to Micorsoft since I see updates provided via windows update exhibit this behavior.įirst, I'm not a sounding board for official complaints to Microsoft. The views expressed on this post are mine and do not necessarily reflect the views of SolarWinds.
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Microsoft MVP - Software Packaging, Deployment & Servicing (2005-2013) However, in such instances, and presuming familiarity with the behavior of the (likely FEW) installers that would be executed on a Server Operating System, it is also possible to PRE-extract those files onto the volume of your choice.
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This may be OK for the average PC but is not good practise on servers where the drive with the most free space may be on a SAN or on a non-NTFS formatted drive.Ībsolutely agree. However, product installers executed locally may chose to extract their installation files into a folder of the root of the volume with the most free space. Updates installed via the Windows Update Agent, those extractions are always done within the scope of the aforementioned ~\Download folder. %windir% \SoftwareDistribution\Download folder. The Windows Update Agent, regardless of whether operating within the context of AU, WU, MU, WSUS, Forefront, Defender, etc., downloads files to the Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2010) Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP:EA, MCDBA, MCSA Possibly because you're lookin' up the wrong tree for the answer.

I have been searching the internet for an answer to this but so far drawn a blank. But then, as noted, this is not the Update Service causing this scenario, but rather the Windows Installer.
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Is there any way of steering the Update service to restrict itself to local drives or even better to specify an exact path for the temporary download folder. As Robear notes, it's really beyond the scope of this forum.

However, your issue here is with the Windows Installer application, and using the appropriate options (where available) to control the location of the installation directory on such systems when performing such installations is the solution. This may be OK for the average PC but is not good practise on servers where the drive with the most free space may be on a SAN or on a non-NTFS formatted drive.Ĭorrect, for use of Windows Installer this may not be desirable behavior. Windows Installer does create a temporary folder on the logical volume with the most free space, during the actual installation process, but that folder is be deleted after use. If you're downloading from the Microsoft Download Center, IE may be writing the temporary file into the cache before copying to the final destination. The Windows Update Agent downloads ALL content to %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download. Windows Update (and for all I know other MS Update services) appears todownload to a temporary folder in the root of the drive with the most free space at the time of the download.
