Exam 70-243 topic 1 question 83 discussion

Actual exam question from Microsoft's 70-243

Question #: 83
Topic #: 1

Your network contains a System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1) environment.
Software Inventory and Hardware Inventory are enabled for all of the client computers.
All of the client computers have an application named App1 installed. App1 saves files to the C:\ABC folder. All of the files saved by App1 have a file name extension of .abc.
You configure Software Inventory to inventory all of the files that have the .abc extension and the .exe extension.
After six months, you discover that some of the client computers fail to inventory .abc files.
All of the client computers inventory .exe files.
You need to ensure that the .abc files are inventoried.
What should you do?

A. Modify C:\ABC\Skpswi.dat.
B. Delete C:\ABC\Skpswi.dat.
C. Modify C:\Program Files\App1\NO_SMS_On_Drive.sms.
D. Delete C:\Program Files\App1\NO_SMS_On_Drive.sms.

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️
Youcan create a hidden file named Skpswi.dat and place it in the root of a client hard drive to exclude it from software inventory. You can also place this file in the root of any folder structure you want to exclude from software inventory.
To exclude folders from software inventory
✑ Using Notepad.exe, create an empty file named SkpSwi.dat.
✑ Right click the SkpSwi.dat file and click properties. In the file properties for the SkpSwi.dat file, select the Hidden attribute.
✑ Place the SkpSwi.dat file at the rootof each client hard drive or folder structure that you wish to exclude from software inventory.

by [deleted] at April 4, 2025, 4:12 a.m.

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