This question has been raised before but never answered. We're looking for a way to remove Client Access from 200 workstations SILENTLY. I have searched in Redbooks here: http://www.redbooks.ibm.co
But there isn't any information on silent uninstalls. Has anyone out there successfully scripted a uninstall for the client from Windows workstations?
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Hey, was just gonna follow this out of interest, as we have CA across the board too... What I see under the uninstall key for Client Access is kinda confusing though? I wonder if the asker sees the same...
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I did go through the laundry list of uninstall files and tried uninstalling on a test machine but it didn't uninstall everything:
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\AFPViewr\DeIsL4.isu
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\DeIsL108.isu"
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\Emulator\DeIsL7.isu
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\Emulator\DeIsL8.isu
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\DeIsL115.isu"
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\DeIsL116.isu"
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\DeIsL109.isu"
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\DeIsL114.isu"
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\DeIsL113.isu"
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\DeIsL119.isu"
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\DeIsL117.isu"
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\DeIsL118.isu"
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\DeIsL110.isu"
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\DeIsL111.isu"
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\DeIsL112.isu"
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\DeIsL107.isu"
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\DeIsL106.isu"
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\Emulator\DeIsL10.is
Then I found documentation for uninstalling using: "C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\cwbinarp.exe"
Which brings up the correct window for uninstalling. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a /silent.
So I'm left with the same result.
Looking at the uninstall string for each of those, they all look like this:
"C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\AFPViewr\DeIsL1.isu
So could you just use a script to add the silent switch "C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -a -y -f"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\AFPViewr\DeIsL1.isu
I'd try this:
Install all components on one PC (including optional downloaded components from all of your systems).
Create a silent install response file that removes all components using the Silent Install instructions from the redbook above.
Another thought - there is probably an "uninstall" switch for SETUP.EXE - you could try creating a silent install file running SETUP.EXE in uninstall mode.
The "setup.exe" is basically cwbinarp.exe and I was hoping to find a switch for the install/uninstall. But so far it doesn't look like there is one.
I guess at this point I'll go back to our test machine again to create the response file to see if that takes care of it but the documentation doesn't include specifics for uninstall (just install). What a pain. I'd still like to leave this open to see if anyone else has had to deal with this and knows switches for cwbinarp.exe or something similar.
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by: johnb6767Posted on 2009-08-11 at 08:08:39ID: 25069933
Look in the registry under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWA
What is it? Once you have the syntax of the uninstaller, we might be able to isolate the silent switches.....