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# microsoft-fslogixs
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Nathan Sperry
12/18/2019, 6:55 PMUse App Masking to mask the installer or the Teams folder in LocalAppData?
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Nick Panaccio
12/18/2019, 6:56 PMNow that's out of the box thinking. I'm going to give that a try!
Nick Panaccio
12/18/2019, 7:04 PMIt only seems to work if I hardcode the full path. I don't seem to be able to wildcard the path or file itself.
Nick Panaccio
12/18/2019, 7:06 PMCorrection, can't wildcard C:\*,* but can C:\Users\. Still need to use the full filename, though. Looks like it's dynamic, so I have no way of knowing them all.
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Nathan Sperry
12/18/2019, 7:07 PMYou can only use wildcards “*” for replacement of a folder path. I.e. c:\users\**\appdata
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Nick Panaccio
12/18/2019, 7:07 PMYeah, just noticed that.
Nick Panaccio
12/18/2019, 7:08 PMI guess I could check the Teams download each month to validate that the filename hasn't changed.
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Nathan Sperry
12/18/2019, 7:08 PMMasking the Teams folder then, that will stop it installing
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Nathan Sperry
12/18/2019, 7:08 PMOr the Update.exe
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Nick Panaccio
12/18/2019, 7:08 PMAppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams ?
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Nathan Sperry
12/18/2019, 7:08 PMYeah think that’s it
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Nick Panaccio
12/18/2019, 7:09 PMLet me give that a try.
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Nathan Sperry
12/18/2019, 7:09 PMIt might well error but will stop it installing I’d say
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Nick Panaccio
12/18/2019, 7:10 PMThat's fine with m,e
Nick Panaccio
12/18/2019, 7:10 PMOf course I forget to turn off my AppLocker policy, lol. Gotta disable that GPO and bounce these VDAs. Though I guess AL isn't an awful solution if I need to go that route.
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Nathan Sperry
12/18/2019, 7:13 PMIs the installer a different name each time or is the exe the same name?
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Nick Panaccio
12/18/2019, 7:15 PMLooks like it's the same link included in all of my Teams-related e-mails, but I'm not entirely sure that's the case.
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Nathan Sperry
12/18/2019, 7:16 PMI’ve used this too to block an exe running https://mobile.twitter.com/guyrleech/status/1075378217752633344?lang=en-gb
Nathan Sperry
12/18/2019, 7:16 PMIt’s a neat trick
Nathan Sperry
12/18/2019, 7:16 PMBut you need to know the exe name, but can be in any folder
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Nick Panaccio
12/18/2019, 7:17 PMThat's pretty clever. Yeah, the name is an issue for me. Gonna try hiding the Teams folders to see if that does it. If so, I'm good with that. This is just to prevent users who don't follow directions... which could very well be damn near everyone.
Nick Panaccio
12/18/2019, 7:19 PMLooks like I've got two installers - one when you open Teams in IE and click on the download desktop app link (Teams_windows_x64.exe), and one where you click on an e-mail to open Teams from, say, a missed message (Teams_windows_x64_s_RandomNumbers-3-0_.exe).
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Nathan Sperry
12/18/2019, 7:19 PMI’ve also used the good old Software Restriction Policies, just create a deny rule
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Nick Panaccio
12/18/2019, 7:23 PMHiding AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams did the trick. The install error'd out, but this is a perfect temporary solution. Thank you!
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Nathan Sperry
12/18/2019, 7:34 PMNp
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Ray Davis
12/19/2019, 12:01 PMGreat trick. Adding this to my notes. Thank you