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CTIOS Desktop Silent Monitor Uninstallion

I need to create a package to uninstall CTIOS 7 and 7.1(3) silently.
However i am unable to find any switches to uninstall the product silently.

i found this link in this forum which deals with installation of the s/w:
http://itninja.com/question/how-do-you-roll-out-new-machines?6951
However i need to uninstall the product first and then again install it.


Any help will be appreciated.

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Answers (10)

Posted by: anonymous_9363 15 years ago
Red Belt
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What does the 'UninstallString' in the registry's Uninstall entry look like? If it includes "InstallShield" anywhere in it, you can find the requisite switch by using a search engine.
Posted by: karshi 15 years ago
Purple Belt
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uninstall string looks like this :
RunDll32 C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\PROFES~1\RunTime\10\01\Intel32\Ctor.dll,LaunchSetup "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{D675A0CF-0371-40A5-955B-0D60147512C1}\setup.exe" -l0x9 -uninst -removeonly[/align] [/align]i created an answer file(.iss) for the uninstallation and then included the ISS file in the command line as shown below[/align]RunDll32 C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\PROFES~1\RunTime\10\01\Intel32\Ctor.dll,LaunchSetup "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{D675A0CF-0371-40A5-955B-0D60147512C1}\setup.exe" -s -f1"<Path to uninstall.iss>" l0x9 -uninst -removeonly[/align] [/align]but still no luck its not going for silent uninstall; it still asks for user inputs.[/align]Plz suggest where was i wrong?[/align]i referred the discussion as in below link[/align]http://itninja.com/question/silent-uninstall-cisco-vpn-by-installshield&mpage=1&key=cisco&#18197[/align] [/align]
Posted by: anonymous_9363 15 years ago
Red Belt
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i created an answer file(.iss) for the uninstallation and then included the ISS file in the command line as shown below

RunDll32 C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\PROFES~1\RunTime\10\01\Intel32\Ctor.dll,LaunchSetup "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{D675A0CF-0371-40A5-955B-0D60147512C1}\setup.exe" -s -f1"<Path to uninstall.iss>" l0x9 -uninst -removeonly

but still no luck its not going for silent uninstall; it still asks for user inputs.Plz suggest where was i wrong?
It looks like you have a missing hyphen for the 'l0x9' parameter. Try again with:

RunDll32 C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\PROFES~1\RunTime\10\01\Intel32\Ctor.dll,LaunchSetup "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{D675A0CF-0371-40A5-955B-0D60147512C1}\setup.exe" -l0x9 -s -f1"<Path to uninstall.iss>" -uninst -removeonly

Lastly, for posting, try and keep track of where you add and delete text formatting tags and to separate your text from commands: your last post was almost illegible because of the mix of bold and italics.
Posted by: karshi 15 years ago
Purple Belt
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thanks..will take care next time.
And i will come back to you after trying with added hyphens.
Posted by: karshi 15 years ago
Purple Belt
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unable to uninstall it silently. it seems that its not taking the ISS file in consideration through the above command line.
was able to uninstall the patch silently through a command as found in release doc
[left]CTIOS7[1].1(1).exe –options "c:\mypath\myresponsefile.opt" -silent[/left]

Any suggestions??
Posted by: turbokitty 15 years ago
6th Degree Black Belt
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Some of these just don't uninstall silently. You can try Autoit, or you can repackage the application.
It sounds like the application's already out in your environment, so I'd try Autoit.. which works really well if you're painted in a corner.
Posted by: karshi 15 years ago
Purple Belt
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Hey thanks a lot.
tried autoit.. great tool!
while in between i get a self registration error for a DLL and for that autoit doesnot records the input given.
i tried to unregister the file but it fails giving an error.

please suggest how do i get rid of that error.
Posted by: anonymous_9363 15 years ago
Red Belt
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You have hit upon one of the joys of using button-pushing utilities like AutoIt: it is next to impossible to build in handling for every situation and, as you know, any programmatic solution to a problem (and I count AutoIt scripts as programs) has to always assume the worst and take nothing for granted.

As for the error itself, I guess it is for un-registering a DLL (hard to know why an uninstall would be trying to register one...) in which case, I'd say it's trying to operate on a file which it's already removed.

In your position, I'd simply work out exactly what is being uninstalled and build an MSI to do that work using the RemoveFiles and RemoveRegistry tables. It has to be easier than trying to get working the lash-up you have now.
Posted by: karshi 15 years ago
Purple Belt
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I gave this method first try. it would have made my life simpler.
however just removing files and registries didnot work in this case.
Posted by: anonymous_9363 15 years ago
Red Belt
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"Didn't work"? What's not to work?!? The app either got uninstalled or it didn't!

TMM, you clearly didn't remove everything.

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