Hi All
Please bear with me as although I am tech minded by all of this i have learn myself from cut and paste instructions.
I can remove any of our packed MSI's at work as they are all cached on the workstations and seems to work pretty well but i am having more problems removing unauthorized software where the MSI is not on the computer.
best example is of course iTunes!
I am trying to remove the install by running
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Having problems uninstalling ref GUID
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acreda
, Feb 04 2010 22:20
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acreda
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Posted 04 February 2010 - 22:20
| CODE |
| Misexec /x {3F2504E0-4F89-11D3-9A0C-0305E82C3301} /qb |
of course that is an example GUID but as far as I'm aware this should work ive got the GUID from the registry of the remote PC from the ......./current version/uninstall... is there a switch I am missing? should i take away the space between the /x and {?
just to give you the proper context i am running this from my own workstation, by opening a cmd on the remote pc using psexec, which in turn has been launched from a cmd box running as my AdminID, so i should have good permissions. i can certainly issue install and transform commands this way.
I mean do i need the /a switch? sorry if i am rambling
I did notice in the remote registry that the uninstall path was just MsiExec /I{3F2...... is it possible for apple to stop an msi removeal via msiexec?
thanks for the pain
Bry
Stefan Krueger
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Posted 05 February 2010 - 10:12
You shouldn't need the /a switch.
To see why your uninstall isn't working try without /qb and/or generate a log file. Maybe the GUID is not the correct ProductCode or there's something in the package that intentionally prohibits silent uninstall.
Alternatively to msiexec /x {ProductCode} you could use
msiexec /i your.msi REMOVE=ALL
Maybe as a first step try and see if everything works as intended when you're logged on locally on the machine. Once oyu have the correct command and GUID you can try remotely.
To see why your uninstall isn't working try without /qb and/or generate a log file. Maybe the GUID is not the correct ProductCode or there's something in the package that intentionally prohibits silent uninstall.
Alternatively to msiexec /x {ProductCode} you could use
msiexec /i your.msi REMOVE=ALL
Maybe as a first step try and see if everything works as intended when you're logged on locally on the machine. Once oyu have the correct command and GUID you can try remotely.
Stefan Krüger
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