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Silent Uninstall of Office 2007 - 5/9/2007 11:11:41 AM   
orlith

 

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I'm trying to set an unattended install of Office 2007.
I've tried msome features like :

- msiexec"," /X{90120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE} /qn REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS but the uninstall is not clean, it miss many things (registry entrie, files, icons..) and always reboot !

- setup.exe /uninstall Proplus (like written in the doc) but that silent uninstall needs User input : "Are you sure you want to uninstall ?", "Close" the windows when done, and "Yes" or "No" to reboot.

Anyone got a solution nor ideas ?

thanks a lot

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RE: Silent Uninstall of Office 2007 - 5/9/2007 12:29:21 PM   
gmorgan618

 

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Status: offline 		research the use of the Config.XML

Info for 2007 can be found here... http://www.appdeploy.com/packages/detail.asp?id=771

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RE: Silent Uninstall of Office 2007 - 5/9/2007 1:10:49 PM   
orlith

 

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Status: offline 		Thanks it help !

I just understand what all topics says !

I create a uninstall.xml file :

<Configuration Product="ProPlus">
<Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="NO" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />
<Logging Type="standard" Path="%temp%" Template="Microsoft Office Professional Plus Setup(*).txt" />
<Setting Id="Reboot" Value="Never" />
<Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="NEVER" />
<OptionState Id="ProductFiles" State="Local" Children="force" />
</Configuration>

and run setup.exe /config uninstall.xml /uninstall Proplus

And it works very well !

Thansk a lot.

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RE: Silent Uninstall of Office 2007 - 6/20/2008 3:51:54 PM   
cl3tUs

 

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Status: offline 		I have my config file setupthe same way and I'm getting an error that says:

"The Setup configuration file \\server\gold\apps\office2k7\uninstall.xml is not valid. Run Setup again without using a Setup configuration file, or fix the configuration file."

Not sure what to look for.  This is pretty new to me for a simple uninstall.


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RE: Silent Uninstall of Office 2007 - 6/23/2008 3:56:17 AM   
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ORIGINAL: cl3tUs
Not sure what to look for. 
Nor me, but I would *guess* that your XML is incorrectly formatted, more specifically, it's probably missing a closing 'marker'.

XML is essentially the same as HTML, i.e. every tag (element, node, whatever) needs a closing tag. For example, in HTML, if you use [bold], you need to end the emboldening with [/bold]. Note that I'm using '[' rather than '<' in order to not screw up any formatting on *this* page. In XML, lots of people (including Microsoft) use the shortcut (i.e. lazy) method of closing, i.e. with just a slash. When they mix the two (full and lazy) it just confuses newcomers. In your file, for example, the 'Configuration' tag is closed properly (with '/Configuration') but 'OptionState' is not.. I'd walk through the file and add proper closing tags then re-test.


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RE: Silent Uninstall of Office 2007 - 6/23/2008 9:12:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have an opening and the closing on the config, but not sure if those other items need to be closed.  I ended up just running the ProPlus in the ProPlus.WW folder with the uninstall switch, problem is that now, it wants to reboot, even with the /norestart switch applied, but that's okay with us because with best practice, we like to reboot after certain program install/uninstalls.

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RE: Silent Uninstall of Office 2007 - 7/9/2008 12:40:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		I am using the following command-line in an attempt to uninstall Office
Standard 2007 silently:

\\server\share\folder1\folder2\folder3\setup.exe /config \\server\share\folder1\folder2\folder3\Standard.WW\config_silent.xml /uninstall Standard

I receive a Yes/No prompt asking "Are you sure you want to remove Microsoft Office Standard 2007 from your computer?" The config_silent.xml file contains the following:

<Configuration Product="Standard">
<!-- <Display Level="None" CompletionNotice="No" SuppressModal="Yes" AcceptEula="Yes" /> -->
<!-- <Setting Id="Reboot" Value="Never" /> -->
<!-- <Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="Never" /> -->
</Configuration>

Can someone help me get rid of this prompt so that I can automate the uninstall silently?

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RE: Silent Uninstall of Office 2007 - 7/9/2008 1:03:14 PM   
spartacus

 

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ORIGINAL: TXTechie

I am using the following command-line in an attempt to uninstall Office
Standard 2007 silently:

\\server\share\folder1\folder2\folder3\setup.exe /config \\server\share\folder1\folder2\folder3\Standard.WW\config_silent.xml /uninstall Standard

I receive a Yes/No prompt asking "Are you sure you want to remove Microsoft Office Standard 2007 from your computer?" The config_silent.xml file contains the following:

<Configuration Product="Standard">
<!-- <Display Level="None" CompletionNotice="No" SuppressModal="Yes" AcceptEula="Yes" /> -->
<!-- <Setting Id="Reboot" Value="Never" /> -->
<!-- <Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="Never" /> -->
</Configuration>

Can someone help me get rid of this prompt so that I can automate the uninstall silently?


Your XML file has all the important lines commented out with the <!-- and --> tags, try the following :

<Configuration Product="Standard">
<Display Level="None" CompletionNotice="No" SuppressModal="Yes" AcceptEula="Yes" />
<Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="Never" />
</Configuration>

Regards,

Spartacus

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RE: Silent Uninstall of Office 2007 - 7/9/2008 2:25:18 PM   
TXTechie

 

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Your XML file has all the important lines commented out with the <!-- and --> tags, try the following :

<Configuration Product="Standard">
<Display Level="None" CompletionNotice="No" SuppressModal="Yes" AcceptEula="Yes" />
<Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="Never" />
</Configuration>

Regards,

Spartacus


Thank you very much, Spartacus - you are correct! I guess it pays to learn some XML basics. 

TX Techie

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