Verify that the package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer Package. I've looked at the windows installer guide , the WiX documentation , msiexec documentation and used orca to go over the.
Is the. Uninstalling an MSI file from the command line without using msiexec. If you get " This action is only valid for products that are currently installed " you have used an unrecognized product or package code, and you must find the right one. Often this can be caused by using an erroneous package code instead of a product code to uninstall - a package code changes with every rebuild of an MSI file, and is the only guid you see when you view an msi file's property page.
It should work for uninstall, provided you use the right one. No room for error. If you want to find the product code instead, you need to open the MSI. The product code is found in the Property table. With all the registry redirects going on, I am not sure the below registry-based approach is a viable option anymore. Also check this reference-style answer describing different ways to uninstall an MSI package and ways to determine what product version you have installed: Uninstalling an MSI file from the command line without using msiexec.
Press F3 and search for your product name. Similar post: WiX - Doing a major upgrade on a multi instance install screenshot of how to find the product code in the MSI. The good thing is, this one is really easily and deterministically to analyze: Either, the msi package is really not installed on the system or you're doing something wrong.
Of course the correct call is:. Admin rights needed of course- With curly braces without any quotes here- quotes are only needed, if paths or values with blank are specified in the commandline.
If the message is: "This action is only valid for products that are currently installed", then this is true. Either the package with this ProductCode is not installed or there is a typo. First try to right click on the probably installed. You will see besides "Install" and "Repair" an Uninstall entry. Click on that. Just google for them. Look there in the table with the name "Property" and search for the string "ProductCode" in the first column.
In the second column there is the correct value. You are sure that the product is actually installed! Provides the means to install, modify, and perform operations on Windows Installer from the command line. To install a package named example. You can configure what a user sees during the installation process, based on your target environment. For example, if you're distributing a package to all clients for manual installation, there should be a full UI. However, if you're deploying a package using Group Policy, which requires no user interaction, there should be no UI involved.
If your installation package overwrites files or attempts to change files that are in use, a reboot might be required before the installation completes.
If you need to debug your installation package, you can set the parameters to create a log file with specific information. You can set public properties through this command. For information about the available properties and how to set them, see Public Properties. The table below provides a detailed description of MsiExec. For example, to force a reinstall of all files, use the following syntax:.
Use the aforementioned syntax in conjunction with the following flags:. However, the Windows Installer displays an error dialog near the end of the uninstallation.
The error dialog indicates that the Windows Installer service could not be accessed. To perform an uninstallation from the command line in this scenario, the current recommended method is to use one of the following:. Transforms allow the synchronization of applications across different languages. For example, if you upgrade the English version of your product, you could apply a transform to automatically upgrade the French version of your product. Optionally include one or more of the following flags to indicate which information to record in the log file:.
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