In SCCM CB 1706 there is a new feature that allows you to direct link an application to Software Center by pasting a link into your browser. This can be achieved by clicking the “Share” icon when you have choose the application you want to link to.
This will create a link like this:
softwarecenter:SoftwareID=ScopeId_6DBD4E39-1B15-4F1D-9264-E3BAFE97B0A3/Application_337e2afd-0ec2-4494-bb9e-d8787d7fc627This link can then be used on a webpage or pasted directly into the address bar.
When you do this and the SCCM client with the new Software Center is installed it will trigger the following commandline:
"C:\WINDOWS\CCM\ClientUX\SCClient.exe" softwarecenter:SoftwareID=ScopeId_6DBD4E39-1B15-4F1D-9264-E3BAFE97B0A3/Application_337e2afd-0ec2-4494-bb9e-d8787d7fc627But there are some other undocumented command line options that can be used and that was already present in earlier versions of SCCM, I have confirmed them to work with CB 1702 but they might work on even earlier versions.
The first option is Page and it can be used with the following values:
- AvailableSoftware
- Updates
- OSD
- InstallationStatus
- Compliance
- Options
For example, the following syntax would start Sotware Center with the Applications tab open:
"C:\WINDOWS\CCM\ClientUX\SCClient.exe" softwarecenter:Page=AvailableSoftware
To control the layout of the different tabs you can also add the two values FilterType and SortType. Depending on which tab you choose only certain of the values work, you will have to try which options works where.
FilterType:
0=All
1=AllMandatory
2=AllApplicationApps
3=MandatoryAppApplications
4=AllUpdates
5=MandatoryUpdates
6=AllHighImpactTS
7=MandatoryHighImpactTS
8=ACSApplications
SortType:
0=SortByNameDescending
1=SortByNameAscending
2=SortByDateDescending
3=SortByDateAscending
4=SortByPublisherDescending
5=SortByPublisherAscending
6=SortByStatus
The syntax for using FilterType and SortType is:
"C:\WINDOWS\CCM\ClientUX\SCClient.exe" softwarecenter:Page=InstallationStatus FilterType=2 SortType=6Thanks to “Erik DK” on the configmanager uservoice for pointing me in the right direction.
Update: Thanks to Mark Silvey @configmgrdev for pointing out that you should be very careful if using the path to SCClient.exe since that might change in the future. Where possible just use the "softwarecenter:" prefix. If you need to find out where the softwarecenter protocol is pointing to create a dynamic path its stored in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\softwarecenter\shell\open\command registry path.
Hope this helps!
/Matt
Twitter: @matbg
Hi Mattias,
Is there a way to run something similar to this ""C:\WINDOWS\CCM\ClientUX\SCClient.exe" softwarecenter:SoftwareID=ScopeId_6DBD4E39-1B15-4F1D-9264-E3BAFE97B0A3/Application_337e2afd-0ec2-4494-bb9e-d8787d7fc627" but for package not application? I basically use a Toast Notification solution, which works great for Applications but not for packages.
Hi Oleg,
Don't know about that, I have been using PowerShell to launch available packages when needed. Here is an example: https://github.com/DeploymentResearch/DRFiles/blob/master/Scripts/Invoke-AvailablePackagesDeployment.ps1
/ Johan
Thanks 👍
Hello, I enjoyed this post. I am trying to execute the application to install it automatically. Is there a way to be able to click on install? And can this be suppressed so we don't see it? Lastly, can it report back that is was done successfully or not? Thank you. Guy
Not that I know of. If you need it to be automatically installed you should use the "required" deployment method or look into the new application approval function that came in 1810:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/configuration-manager-blog/application-approval-improvements-in-configmgr-1810/ba-p/303534
/Matt
Hi, is there anyway to suppress the "this page is trying to open" box that appears? users are warned about clicking links they dont know about so might panic when they see this.
This might help:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/apps/deploy-use/share-applications
Otherwise I guess it depends on your browser or internet settings and you will need to investigate how the "softwarecenter:" url can be whitelisted in your environment. /Matt
Hi Mattias, are you aware of any way to use these parameters to open to a particular search. For example, suppose we want to point users to all of the Adobe products available in the Software Center. Can I create a link with parameters that will open Software Center with the search term 'Adobe' that runs the search and returns all software with 'Adobe' in its name?
Sorry not that I am aware of. The only thing I can think of is writing your own wrapper using information from WMI. This will list all applications on the client:
get-wmiobject -query "SELECT * FROM CCM_Application" -namespace "ROOT\ccm\ClientSDK"
Using that information you could build links to softwarecenter: using the "Id"-attribute.