Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
Words and Phrases
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| A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
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A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase. |
"cat food" (quotation marks) |
Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase. |
Using Boolean Operators
| Search for | Operator | Example |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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| Either word in a topic |
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| Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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| Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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| A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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How to Revert to Previous Method of Discovering Installed Software
The Host Applications by WMI job discovers installed software that is installed using the WMI Windows Installer Provider.
If the software is not installed with the Windows Installer, you must use the previous mechanism to discover the software.
To revert to the previous discovery mechanism for this job:
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Access the Host Resources and Applications by WMI adapter: Adapter Management > Host_Resources_By_WMI > Adapters > WMI_HR_All.
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In the Adapter Definition tab, locate the Adapter Parameters pane.
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Double-click the discoverInstalledSoftwareByOldMechanism parameter to change the default value from false to true.
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Save the change.
A warning message is added to the communication log.
