Silent uninstall

mdaniloff · Post by **mdaniloff** » Wed Sep 07 2005

Is there any way to uninstall PDF converter silently?

I tried Install -s -u

and Install -u -s

It doesn't work.

TIA

Michael

Joan · Post by **Joan** » Thu Sep 08 2005

Hello Michael,

The statement you are using is right, either one will work.

Please tell us what is not working exactly.

Thanks.

mdaniloff · Post by **mdaniloff** » Thu Sep 08 2005

Thanks Joan

Doesn't matter whether I invoke Install -s -u Or Install -u -s

PDF printer is still listed in Control Panel.

If I run Install -u, then I get the dialog box that tells me that printer driver was successfully uninstalled, but the printer is still in Printers and Faxes applet of the Control Panel.

BTW we name the printer "EsqInc PDF Printer" during the install. I haven't tried with the default printer name.(I can't use the default name in any case).

So for now I wrote a small executable using Win32 API and put it into Custom action for my MSI installer.

Hopefully you guys take care of this issue later on.

Thanks,

Michael

Joan · Post by **Joan** » Mon Sep 12 2005

Hello,

Did you try to launch: Install -u "EsqInc PDF Printer" ?

Install -u will uninstall the default printer name, if you have installed the printer using a specific name you need to use this same name when unistalling it.

Hope this helps.

mdaniloff · Post by **mdaniloff** » Mon Sep 12 2005

Install -s -u "Printer Name" did the trick.

Thank you Joan