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Using Software Delivery › Using the Software Package Library › Registering MSI Packages in the Software Package Library › Registering and Installing a MSI Patch Package › Patching Actual Installations

Patching Actual Installations

Since a patch now has been applied to the administrative installation for your MSI package, all new installation orders sent to targets using any of the Network Install procedures (which always use an administrative installation) uses the updated install package.

For existing installations, you need to run an Apply patch procedure to install the latest files from the patch. To run the patch, follow these steps:

  1. Select the MSI item for which the procedure is to be created in the Software Package Library (the MSI file, which was used when originally registering the package).
  2. Right-click the Procedures folder and select New, Added procedure with new files in the context menu.
  3. On the General tab, provide a name for the procedure. The task should be Configure, the OS should be Windows 32-bit. On the Added Files tab, browse to the .msp file. The type should be set to MSI file. On the General tab for MSI files, select MSI method to be Patch Installation.

    There is no package field this time.

  4. Click OK to finish registering the patch procedure.

You can now use this procedure to update the targets with the old MSI package installed.