Zenworks Packages

How to Make a Zenworks Application Object

The following steps should be completed on a test computer that is newly ghosted. Make sure there is a folder on the application volume with the appropriate name for the application. The example used in the following procedure is for making the Mozilla application object.

Start up ZENworks SnAppShot
Select Custom, leave it as Default Settings, and click Next
Give the Application Object a name that is short but descriptive. Make the Application icon title the same (it should fill in automatically). Click Next. Example: Mozila 1.7.3
Browse to the application volume and the application folder created for the Application File Location. Example: N:\win32\moz173\
Leave the defaults for what snAppShot will scan. Click Next.
Depending on if the application needs to store anything on the network drives, select the appropriate drives to be scanned. Example: For the Mozilla application object, the C: and H: drive (home directory) need to be scanned. Click Next.
Review the summary. Click Next.
Click Run Application Install and browse to the installer. After it finishes running, click Next.
Leave the defaults for copying to the .AOT file. Click Next.
Browse to the Application's install directory. Example: C:/Program Files/mozilla.org/
Click Next, and Next again to start scanning for changes. This step can take a couple minutes.

Once the .AOT file is created, the test computer can be ghosted with a clean image so that it's ready to test the application object. The rest of the steps are to be completed in ConsoleOne.

Within ConsoleOne, browse to UFL.aa.nerdc.Applications
Click on File - New - Object and select App:Application Click OK.
Select "An application that has an .AOT/.AXT file. Click Next.
Browse to where the .AOT file is located. Example: N:\win32\moz173\Mozilla 173.AOT Click Next.
Click Next.
Make sure that False, OS Version, Windows NT/2000/XP, greater than or equal to is a requirement. If not, Click Add, Operating System, Platform is Windows NT/2000/XP, and greater than and click Ok. Click Next.
Add the workstations or users the application object should be associated with. Example: AppsTesting.
Click Finish.

When completed with the steps in ConsoleOne, go back to the test computer and make sure the application object installs correctly. If not, delete the object in ConsoleOne, delete the files in the directory on the application volume, and start the process over.