[wpkg-users] Office 2003 uninstall problem

[Peter Gough]

The other thing you could try is running it without the /qn switch on a test
machine to see what's really happening during the uninstall, although
Rainer's suggestion is probably the way to go for Office.

2009/4/18 Rainer Meier <r.meier at wpkg.org>

> Hi "mattmole"
>
> mattmole wrote:
> > I am attempting to uninstall Microsoft Office 2003. I have used the
> example
> > from wpkg.org to create my rule:
> >
> > <package
> >     id="Office2003"
> >     name = "Install Office2003"
> >     reboot="true"
> >     >
> >       <!--<check type="file" condition="exists" path="C:\Program
> Files\Microsoft
> > Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE"/>-->
> >       <check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="Microsoft Office
> > Professional Edition 2003"/>
> >       <install
> >
> cmd='\\10.240.250.246\packages\package_files\office\MSOffice2003\v1.0.0.1\SETUP.EXE'/>
> >       <!--<remove  cmd='msiexec /x
> >
> "\\10.240.250.246\packages\package_files\office\MSOffice2003\v1.0.0.1\PRO11.msi"
> > /qn' />-->
> >       <remove cmd='MsiExec.exe /q
> /x{90110409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}'/>
> >     </package>
> >
> > As can be seen from the above, I have tried two check types and the error
> > returned is the same:
> >
> > "
> > Could not process (remove) "Install Office 2003"
> > Package still installed
> > "
> >
> > This is very interesting as by running either uninstall command manually
> I
> > find that Office 2003 does successfully uninstall.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Try running it within a command line call:
> cmd /c "msiexec /qn /x {90110409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}"
>
> Why don't you stick to the command using the MSI file - usually that works
> great.
>
> My personal command-line I use to uninstlal Office 2003 (works great):
>
> msiexec /x "%SOFTWARE%\office2003\PRO11.MSI" /qn
>
> br,
> Rainer
>
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