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Using PDQ Deploy to run uninstall script on remote computers returns error 1638

Chris Tancock

March 06, 2014 16:54

I'm trying to uninstall LogMeIn from all workstations, however the package I've created is throwing error 1638 whenever I attempt to deploy it.

Script is:

taskkill /im "LogMeInSystray.exe" /f >nul 2>&1

msiexec /x LogMeIn.msi /qn

From what I understand this error is caused when the msi sees that the program is already installed. Is there anyway to get it to ignore this?

Comments

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Alexandr
March 18, 2014 15:15

Try uninstall using GUID, today it worked in my envairoment

I used cmd file with

Msiexec.exe /qn /x{1CB292BC-2815-4277-9B82-6A1B3664EAAA}

Guid You can find in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\

It could be hard but result will be good!=)

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