How to properly update Managed Installs

Question

Question about updating Software for a Managed Installation. I’ve always followed the practice of:

Install on test machine Or VM.
Inventory
Attach zip installer to the Inventoried Software Item
Created NEW Managed Install

BUT now I notice (not sure how long this has been available) the option to uncheck Only display software with an associated file and associate and assign a file to a newer version. Update the name and the install string then run.

It seems to work. Kace doesn't appear to try and install the previous, older version and seems to show only the new version when inventoried in Installed Programs.

Is this just as effective?

Thanks!

Answer

You may also have issues if the identifier in the Software inventory changes, as KACE will be looking for (example) Widget.exe to appear and it doesn't but Widget2.exe does, so the MI will run multiple times and show as failed