[wpkg-users] using wpkg to remove existing software

[Allan Stones]

On AppDeploy.com one of the users had this problem with Adobe Reader. He 
wanted to upgrade everyone to version 7 but there were versions from 
version 2 upwards on different boxes. his install script had to check 
for every version and use the appropriate commands to remove it.

I basically do the same thing with my scripts. Most probgrams we use 
though have the same removal procedure through versions. So i just call 
that regardless and then install. It works for the most part.

There are some rare cases where i have to write up a batch script or WSH 
script to check for more versions then needed.

Dominik L. Borkowski wrote:
> Hello,
> We recently took some interest in wpkg, it seems it will allow us to automate 
> a lot of windows work. One question though: is there an easy to create an 
> uninstall profile for a set of defined software.
> 
> To illustrate this a bit more, say you have X number of workstations with 
> software maintained currently by hand. Most have software A, B & C, but you 
> want to start deploying wpkg for all of them. Thus the need to be able to 
> easily remove existing software arises. 
> 
> Think of an admin going to a workstation, issuing one command to clean up the 
> existing thunderbird, firefox, etc - then running wpkg with synchronize 
> options, and having them installed from packages. 
> 
> What are some of the ways you have been dealing with the existing 
> installations?
> 

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