Look for a folder on the file system

(imported topic written by jasonrw)

Hello,

I am trying to find all of the Windows computers in IEM that have undergone a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) event. I am doing this by looking for the presence of the MiniDump folder in C:\Windows\MiniDump. I created a new fixlet with the relevance language

exists folder (“C:/windows/minidump”)

In the fixlet debugger, that expression evaluates to false on my own PC, which hasn’t blue screened. Changing the expression to look for a know-present folder has the relevance evaluate to true, so it seems to work. However, placing it into a fixlet shows about a quarter of the site reporting in, including Macs. Checking a few of these clients show that they do not have the MiniDump folder, but they are somehow evaluating as true to the fixlet. Where did I go wrong in my implementation?

Thanks in advance!

Jason Watkins

(imported comment written by jgstew)

I would add “windows of operating system” as an additional relevance.

Also, look at these examples:

http://bigfix.me/relevance/details/2236

Number of Minidump files:
http://bigfix.me/relevance/details/2237

http://bigfix.me/relevance/details/2120