Software Deployment

- Is Newfeature4 the parent of the other 3 features?
- You should get into the habit of specifying a log file in your command lines:msiexec /x test.msi REMOVE=NewFeature4 /l*v %temp%\test.log That way, you can investigate what happened before posting. In this case, you would see what features were selected for removal, because the log would have entries like this:MSI (s) (2C:E8) [11:18:30:003]: Feature: NewFeature1; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent
MSI (s) (2C:E8) [11:18:30:003]: Feature: NewFeature2; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent
MSI (s) (2C:E8) [11:18:30:003]: Feature: NewFeature3; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent
MSI (s) (2C:E8) [11:18:30:003]: Feature: NewFeature4; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent
or, if the features are separateMSI (s) (2C:E8) [11:18:30:003]: Feature: NewFeature1; Installed: Local; Request: Null; Action: Null
MSI (s) (2C:E8) [11:18:30:003]: Feature: NewFeature2; Installed: Local; Request: Null; Action: Null
MSI (s) (2C:E8) [11:18:30:003]: Feature: NewFeature3; Installed: Local; Request: Null; Action: Null
MSI (s) (2C:E8) [11:18:30:003]: Feature: NewFeature4; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent

ORIGINAL: suchi.jigar

How to uninstall, specific features? through commandline? I have 4 features in my msi, i want to uninstall only 1 of them, or if i want to keep only 1 of the, is there any way? I am trieng below command but not working:

msiexec /x test.msi REMOVE=NewFeature4

but still it is uninstalling all the features.



/x will always remove all features, because it sets the REMOVE property equal to ALL. Use /i.

msiexec /i test.msi REMOVE=NewFeature4

Nice catch, Joseph. As ever, one needs to examine posts carefully! :)

Hi , New to packaging MSI's so hope this isnt too much of a stupid question.

I need to add Microsoft Office Document Imaging in office 2007 via the command line.

msiexec /i appname or guid /remove=

How do i know what to put after the remove= ?

I tried entering "Microsoft Office Document Imaging" but no joy.

This feature is under "office tools"

Is there a reference help file that contains all the valid arguments for remove=

thanks

Office 2007 and above changed the playing field in respect of deployment. You now have to faff with MSPs instead of MSTs and the process of adding and/or removing features after the main installation has taken place is - comparatively speaking - a pain.

I suggest you begin by reading the MSDN article on configuring and deploying Office 2007. There is also lots of information in the 'Package KB'.