How to remove "From the Marketplace" option from the "Open by Launcher" on the ALM splash page

Document ID:KM03793674
Creation Date:05-Apr-2021
Modified Date:05-May-2021
- Micro Focus Products:
  quality center

Summary

In some cases it is desirable to remove the "From the Marketplace" as a location to download the client launcher when clicking on the "Open by Launcher" link on the ALM splash page

Question

In some cases it is desirable to remove the "From the Marketplace" as a location to download the client launcher when clicking on the "Open by Launcher" link on the ALM splash page

This applies to ALM 15.5 and higher

Answer

1) Stop the ALM service
2) Navigate to where ALM is deployed. Typically...

Windows: <drive>\ProgramData\Micro Focus\ALM\webapps\qcbin
Linux: /var/opt/ALM/webapps/qcbin

3) In the folder "qcbin" locate the file: Launcher_index.html
4) Open the file for editing
5) Locate the string: <div id="main_option_marketplace" class="main_option_subtitle main_option_subtitle_radio is_active">From Marketplace</div>
6) Comment the string so it appears like this: 
7) Locate the string: <a id="download_link" class="move_on" href="https://marketplace.microfocus.com/appdelivery/content/alm-client-launcher">
8) Remove the string within the double-quotes (") so it appears like this: <a id="download_link" class="move_on" href="">
9) Save changes
10) Start the ALM service