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#191887 - 2009-01-23 11:21 PM unistall script
bishoptim978 Offline
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I am hoping that someone can help me with this
I am trying to figure out how to have progams uninstall unattended and slient.
example yahoo messenger

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#191888 - 2009-01-23 11:30 PM Re: unistall script [Re: bishoptim978]
eriqjaffe Offline
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The specifics will depend on the program you want to uninstall, but you can use the SHELL command.

Pseudocode:

 Code:
SHELL "uninstall.exe /s"

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#191891 - 2009-01-24 02:06 AM Re: unistall script [Re: eriqjaffe]
Allen Administrator Offline
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I would start by finding the UninstallString in the registry for the particular app you want to uninstall. I am running Vista x64 so my results are different than I remember. I remember it being HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Uninstall where all the products where, but on Vista x64 it appears to be HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\.

In each product there is a UninstallString Value that you can use to uninstall products. For example, to uninstall Quickbooks 2007 it is MsiExec.exe /I{71EEA108-09C9-4D81-8FA2-D48C70681242}. You would just need to do some searching on Msiexec to find the silent switches and then use shell to run it.

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#191892 - 2009-01-24 03:30 AM Re: unistall script [Re: Allen]
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I would check http://www.appdeploy.com for more information on the individual installers.
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