Can the toolkit detect if a file exists before running and abort if found?

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The application I’m setting up to deploy is already installed on a lot of our computers, but needs to be on all computers. I would rather the script not run the installation phase if the app is already installed, and I can determine it’s installed if a certain file exists. Can I make the Toolkit look for the file and abort the installation if found? Is there another way of achieving the results I’m looking for?

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Sure, Just put in an if statement near the beginning of your script, in the pre-installation section.

Something like:

If (Test-Path -Path <>) {

Exit-Script -ExitCode 0
}

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Oh right on! Perfect! Thanks.

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What if I want something similar but instead of exit the script, go directly to install, so if a file or folder does not exist skip pre-install section and go to install section

Thanks

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Almost the same thing:

# pre-install section
If (Test-Path -Path "<path to the file>") {
     write-log "Found the file, dealing with it..."
     #do stuff here

} Else {
     write-log "File not found, skipping Preinstall"
}


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