Pre-Distribution Process Termination

This property page determines the processes (executables and services) that Novell^® Application Launcher^TM terminates before distributing the application to a workstation.

Application Launcher can terminate any process running in the user space. In addition, it can terminate any service running in the system space (provided the service is displayed in the Microsoft Management Console's Services list). Application Launcher cannot terminate executables running in the system space.

When terminating a process, Application Launcher terminates all processes that match the specified filename. For example, if you specify notepad.exe as the process executable to terminate, all instances of notepad.exe terminate. In other words, if both c:\notepad.exe and c:\winnt\notepad.exe are running, both terminate. You cannot target specific instances of a process (for example, only c:\notepad.exe or c:\winnt\notepad.exe).

Add
This option lets you add processes to the list. Only processes displayed in the list are terminated before the application is distributed.

Click Add to display the Edit Processes dialog box. In the Process or Service Name box, enter the executable (.exe) filename or enter the service name (as defined in the Services list in the Microsoft Management Console). Do not include the full file paths; if you do so, the termination will fail.

Click Service if the process is a Windows service, then click OK to add the process to the Pre-Distribution Process Termination list.

Modify
You can modify a process name and type. Select the process in the list, then click Modify.

Delete
Select the process you want to delete from the list, then click Delete.

Up-Arrow and Down-Arrow
Select a process from the list, then click the up-arrow to move the process up in the list or click the down-arrow to move it down in the list. Application Launcher terminates the processes in the order they are listed, from top to bottom.

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