Chapter 2 Installing PowerDesigner

Uninstalling PowerDesigner in Silent mode

A silent uninstall works in a similar fashion to the silent install, but requires that you locate the InstallShield PowerDesigner maintenance file. For PowerDesigner v12.x this file is located, by default, at:

C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{DA53ABD7-6592-45DA-A6DD-287A48F74D37}\setup.exe

Note   Locating non-standard InstallShield maintenance files
It may be that your maintenance file is not found in the standard location. You can always retrieve its location file from the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{DA53ABD7-6592-45DA-A6DD-287A48F74D37}

Steps To perform silent uninstalls:

  1. To create an uninstall.iss response file, select Start →Run to open the Windows Run dialog box to invoke the installshield maintenance file with the following options:
    <path-to>\setup.exe /r /f1"<path>\uninstall.iss"

    Complete the installation parameters as required and then click Finish to create the uninstall.iss file at <path>. For example, the following: 

C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\setup.exe /r /f1"C:\temp\uninstall.iss"

Uses the standard maintenance file, and creates uninstall.iss in a temp directory.

  1. Proceed to uninstall the client machine with the following command:
    <path-to>\setup.exe /s /f1"<path>\uninstall.iss"

 

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