# Windows Package Notify If Installed

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/windows-package-notify-if-installed/3724>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [March 12, 2013, 9:59am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/windows-package-notify-if-installed/3724 "2013-03-12T09:59:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Gibbons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Daniel\_Gibbons](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Daniel_Gibbons)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 9:59am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/windows-package-notify-if-installed/3724/1 "2013-03-12T09:59:36Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to create a recipe to install an application which needs additional configuration after installation so I’m trying to go down the Chef route of using “notifies” but I can’t seem to get it to work:

windows\_batch “test” do  
code \<\<-EOH  
echo DAN WAS HERE!!!  
EOH  
end

windows\_package “MarkLogic Server” do  
source node[‘markLogic’][‘installUrl’]  
action :install  
notifies :run, ‘windows\_batch[test]’, :delayed  
end

Even though the application doesn’t reinstall it always executes the “test”. I could just do all of this in PowerShell instead but it kind of defeats the object of using Chef.

Any suggestions/solutions appreciated as I can’t find anything in the docs to help.

Thanks

Dan

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**Author:** ![Mike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/mike/32/18_2.png) [@Mike](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Mike)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/windows-package-notify-if-installed/3724/2 "2013-03-12T12:11:00Z")

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Dan,

You may have to add an 'action' to your statement, to prevent it from  
executing each run.

Something like:

windows\_batch "test" do  
code \<\<-EOH  
echo DAN WAS HERE!!!  
EOH  
action :nothing  
end

Hope this helps,  
-M

On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Gibbons, Daniel (RBI-UK)  
[Daniel.Gibbons@rbi.co.uk](mailto:Daniel.Gibbons@rbi.co.uk) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I’m trying to create a recipe to install an application which needs  
> additional configuration after installation so I’m trying to go down the  
> Chef route of using “notifies” but I can’t seem to get it to work:
> 
> windows\_batch "test" do
> 
> code \<\<-EOH
> 
> ```
> echo DAN WAS HERE!!!
> 
> ```
> 
> EOH
> 
> end
> 
> windows\_package "MarkLogic Server" do
> 
> source node['markLogic']['installUrl']
> 
> action :install
> 
> notifies :run, 'windows\_batch[test]', :delayed
> 
> end
> 
> Even though the application doesn’t reinstall it always executes the “test”.  
> I could just do all of this in PowerShell instead but it kind of defeats the  
> object of using Chef.
> 
> Any suggestions/solutions appreciated as I can’t find anything in the docs  
> to help.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dan
> 
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