Kace's uninstall cmd lines fail
Some of my Mgd Installs/uninstalls were failing after I upgraded to v6. I have them set to override default installation and don't prepend msiexec and that fails with the cmd line below.
msiexec -i CiscoJabberSetup.exe -qn
BUT!! When I change it to below, it succeeds. Any idea if this is a bug or something I'm doing wrong?
%SystemRoot%\System32\msiexec -i CiscoJabberSetup.exe -qn
NOTE: when I unchecked the don't prepend msiexec box, and left all else the same, it did succeed on one test. But entering the path like above seems the most reliable method.
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Posted by:
SMal.tmcc
9 years ago
I bet the problem lies with 64bit machines. When you call it the top way, the Kace client is 32bit so it then calls the 32bit msiexec.exe from the windows\syswow64 directory vs the system native 64bit version found at %SystemRoot%\System32
%SystemRoot%\System32
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Cool. I'm enjoy v6 so far, sans a few things like this and the incredibly small field for entering the command line.
I haven't updated to 6.2 yet so maybe it's improved there. No biggie I suppose.
Thanks! - murbot 9 years ago-
this is a problem that is still there, been dealing with it awhile that is why I gave the answer I did, 99 percent sure that was the problem.
http://www.itninja.com/question/bitlocker-script
http://www.itninja.com/question/xcopy-not-working-in-kace-script-works-in-command-prompt
http://www.itninja.com/question/custom-inventory-rule-problems
vote here for a 64 bit client
http://kace.uservoice.com/forums/82699-k1000/suggestions/2200437-create-a-native-64bit-windows-client- - SMal.tmcc 9 years ago
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
9 years ago
It's a rule of mine that ALL files are called with full paths. It sits alongside my other rule, i.e. always assume the worst will happen and code accordingly. My rules make scripts longer, true, but so much more robust.
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I wrote in Basic and batches in early DOS days so I have a habit of using the full path or .\ path when making calls. - SMal.tmcc 9 years ago
