Problem:
Method to uninstall Net Express 4.0 and any applied fixpacks silently from a command line
Resolution:
End-users can silently uninstall any Micro Focus products (which use Micro Focus' proprietary wrapper install technology), without the need to go to Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.
First, users need to establish the values of %UNINSTALLER% and %UNINSTALLTAG% as referenced below in the [Setup] section of the wrapper.ini file, which can be found in the root of the Micro Focus product Installation CD.
Users should be logged on as the same user which originally installed the product. Use the following command template as a guide to uninstalling products silently:
START/WAIT %UNINSTALLER% /FILE=%UNINSTALLTAG%UNINST.DAT /SMS
As an example for Net Express 4.0 this would equate to:
%UNINSTALLER%=NETEXPRESS40UNINST.EXE
and
%UNINSTALLTAG%=NETX40
The version of the file related to %UNINSTALLER% resides in the C:\\WINDOWS folder.
As an example of uninstalling Net Express 4.0 and any associated fix packs silently, users should drop to a DOS command prompt and change directory to C:\\WINDOWS and run the following command:
START/WAIT NETEXPRESS40UNINST.EXE /FILE=NETX40UNINST.DAT /SMS
