Adobe Readers - Uninstall commands (including GUIDs)

Question

Hi everyone,
 
 If anyone's looking for a fairly extensive list of GUIDs/silent uninstall strings for the various Adobe Reader versions, here they are:
 P.S. Adjust path's etc as necessary.

:: Adobe Readers - Uninstall strings
 :: Created by Lil Jon - Last Updated 17-Dec-2010

:: Acrobat Reader 2.0 - Has no uninstall option, so it needs to be removed manually
 rd /s "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Acrobat 2.0"
 rd /s "C:\ACROREAD"
 del /Q "C:\Windows\~ACROBAT.TMP"
 del /Q "C:\Windows\ACROREAD.INI"
 :: I noticed it also adds the following lines to "win.ini"
 :: [Adobe Display]
 :: UseGDI=1

:: Acrobat Reader 3.01 - Silent Uninstall
 C:\WINDOWS\uninst.exe -a -fC:\Acrobat3\Reader\DeIsL1.isu

:: Acrobat Reader 4.0  - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 4.05 - Silent Uninstall
 :: The following line removes both versions
 C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -a -f"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 4.0\NT\Uninst.isu" -c"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 4.0\NT\Uninst.dll"

:: Acrobat Reader 5.0   - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 5.0.5 - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 5.1   - Silent Uninstall
 :: The following line removes all 3 versions
 C:\WINDOWS\ISUNINST.EXE -a -f"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\NT\Uninst.isu" -c"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\NT\Uninst.dll"

:: Acrobat Reader 6.0 - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 6.0.1 Upgrade - Silent Uninstall
 :: The following lines remove both versions
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-000000000001}
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A00000000001}
 
 :: Acrobat Reader 6.0.1 - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {1F1C2DFC-2D24-3E06-BCB8-725134ADF989}
 
 :: Acrobat Reader 6.0.2 Upgrade - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-0000-0000-0000-6028747ADE01}

:: Acrobat Reader 6.0.3 Upgrade - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-0000-7EC8-7489-000000000603}

:: Acrobat Reader 6.0.4 Upgrade - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-0000-7EC8-7489-000000000604}

:: Acrobat Reader 6.0.5 Upgrade - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-0000-7EC8-7489-000000000605}

:: Acrobat Reader 6.0.6 Upgrade - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-0000-7EC8-7489-000000000606}

:: Acrobat Reader 7.0.5 - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A70500000002}

:: Acrobat Reader 7.0.7 - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A70700000002}

:: Acrobat Reader 7.0.8 - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A70800000002}

:: Acrobat Reader 7.0.9 - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A70900000002}

:: Acrobat Reader 7.1.0 - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 7.1.1 Upgrade - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 7.1.2 Upgrade - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 7.1.3 Upgrade - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 7.1.4 Upgrade - Silent Uninstall
 :: The following line removes all of these versions
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A71000000002}

:: Acrobat Reader 8.0 - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A80000000002}

:: Acrobat Reader 8.1.0 - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 8.1.1 Upgrade - Silent Uninstall
 :: The following line removes both versions
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A81000000003}

:: Acrobat Reader 8.1.1 - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A81100000003}

:: Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A81200000003}

:: Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 Security Update 1 - Silent Uninstall (you have to remove 8.1.2 first)
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {6846389C-BAC0-4374-808E-B120F86AF5D7}

:: Acrobat Reader 8.1.3 - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 8.1.4 Upgrade - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 8.1.6 Upgrade - Silent Uninstall
 :: The following line removes all of these versions
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A81300000003}

:: Acrobat Reader 9.1.0 - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A91000000001}

:: Acrobat Reader 9.2.0 - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A92000000001}
 
 :: Acrobat Reader 9.3.0 - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 9.3.1 - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 9.3.2 - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 9.3.3 - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 9.3.4 - Silent Uninstall
 :: The following line removes all of these versions
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A93000000001}

:: Acrobat Reader 9.4.0 - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A94000000001}

Answer

Hey StoneCold42 do you happen to have the Silent Uninstall for Adobe Reader X 10.1.1

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This is like sticking pins in your eyeballs. A simple bit of VBScript does it all for you. It uses the windows installer object and searches for text strings to match the ones you set and from there picks out the GUIDs to run the uninstalls. Take out the wscript.echo commands once debugging is complete.

Option Explicit

Dim WshShell, installer, comp, guid, a, fso, pname, pid, cache, exitcode

exitcode=0

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set a = fso.CreateTextFile("c:\logs\AdobeAcrobatReader_Uninstall.log", True)

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

' Connect to Windows Installer object

Set installer = CreateObject("WindowsInstaller.Installer")

a.writeline ("Products Uninstalled")

on error resume next

For Each guid In installer.products

pname = installer.productinfo(guid, "InstalledProductName")

If Instr(1,UCase(pname),"ADOBE ACROBAT READER",1)>0 Then

exitcode=exitcode+1

wscript.echo guid

cache = installer.productinfo (guid, "LocalPackage")

wscript.echo "msiexec.exe /x " & guid & " /qn /L*v c:\logs\AcrobatReaderUninstall.log"

WshShell.Run "msiexec.exe /x " & guid & " /qn /L*v c:\logs\AcrobatReaderUninstall.log" ,1,true

a.writeline ("ProductGUID " & guid & VBCRLF & "ProductName " & pname & VBCRLF & "Cached MSI filename " & cache & VBCRLF)

End If

If Instr(1,UCase(pname),"ADOBE READER",1)>0 Then

exitcode=exitcode+1

wscript.echo guid

cache = installer.productinfo (guid, "LocalPackage")

wscript.echo "msiexec.exe /x " & guid & " /qn /L*v c:\logs\AcrobatReaderUninstall.log"

WshShell.Run "msiexec.exe /x " & guid & " /qn /L*v c:\logs\AcrobatReaderUninstall.log" ,1,true

a.writeline ("ProductGUID " & guid & VBCRLF & "ProductName " & pname & VBCRLF & "Cached MSI filename " & cache & VBCRLF)

End If

a.close

If exitcode>1 then

exitcode=1

End If

wscript.quit(exitcode)

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Thanks for the knowledge.  Quite an extensive list, appreciate you putting it all in one place.

Answer

No probs :)

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:: Acrobat Reader 6.0.1 - Silent Uninstall MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {1F1C2DFC-2D24-3E06-BCB8-725134ADF989}
 
 This GUID was for Visual C++ Redist 2008 x86 9.0.30729.4148 on my system.
 
 But thanks for the great work!!
 
 Jason

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Thanks for the input Jason, and good to see this is useful for others besides me.
 I've updated the list regarding the 6.0.1 GUID, and added some more GUIDs, including the latest Acrobat Reader X (10.1.0).
 Enjoy :)

:: Adobe Readers - Uninstall strings
 :: Created by Lil Jon - Last Updated 18-Jul-2011

:: Acrobat Reader 2.0 - Has no uninstall option, so it needs to be removed manually
 rd /s /q "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Acrobat 2.0"
 rd /s /q "C:\ACROREAD"
 del /Q "C:\Windows\~ACROBAT.TMP"
 del /Q "C:\Windows\ACROREAD.INI"
 :: I noticed it also adds the following lines to "win.ini"
 :: [Adobe Display]
 :: UseGDI=1

:: Acrobat Reader 3.01 - Silent Uninstall
 @C:\WINDOWS\uninst.exe -a -fC:\Acrobat3\Reader\DeIsL1.isu

:: Acrobat Reader 4.0  - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 4.05 - Silent Uninstall
 :: The following line removes both versions
 @C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -a -f"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 4.0\NT\Uninst.isu" -c"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 4.0\NT\Uninst.dll"

:: Acrobat Reader 5.0   - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 5.0.5 - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 5.1   - Silent Uninstall
 :: The following line removes all 3 versions
 @C:\WINDOWS\ISUNINST.EXE -a -f"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\NT\Uninst.isu" -c"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\NT\Uninst.dll"

:: Acrobat Reader 6.0 - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-000000000001}

:: Acrobat Reader 6.0.1 Upgrade - Silent Uninstall
 :: Acrobat Reader 6.0.1 - Silent Uninstall
 :: The following line removes both versions
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A00000000001}

:: Acrobat Reader 6.0.2 Upgrade - Silent Uninstall
 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /x {AC76BA86-0000-0000-0000-6028747ADE01}