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[mbell]

I have a need to automate the uninstall of Adobe Acrobe Reader 5.0 from several computers.

I can include the following command in a simple batch file and it will perform the uninstall silently and successfully. However, I can't get the command to work in a VDS program.

C:\WINNT\ISUNINST.EXE -a -f"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\NT\Uninst.isu" -c"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\NT\Uninst.dll"


The problem seem to be the space between folder names. However, when I use DIRECTORY CHANGE and run the program from the folder that contains the UNINST files, it still won't work.

As stated, the command works fine when run from a .BAT file. However, I would prefer to have it run using RUNZ to make it transparent to my customers.

Any help will be appreciated. Been using VDS for several years, but have never reached WHIZ status.

Thanks,



Milton Bell
San Antonio, TX

[Skit3000]

I think the problem is in the double-quotes (") you use. Because VDS uses them to read exact data (like @s), you can't use them like that. Try replacing them by @chr(34)...

[PGWARE]

Also try to use the @shortname function around the filepath/filename so it uses the short file name without spaces.

[Tommy]

I would try this:

run @chr(34)@windir()\ISUNINST.EXE@chr(34) -a -f@chr(34)C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\NT\Uninst.isu@chr(34) -c@chr(34)C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\NT\Uninst.dll@chr(34)

Or even:

shell open,@chr(34)@windir()\ISUNINST.EXE@chr(34),-a -f@chr(34)C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\NT\Uninst.isu@chr(34) -c@chr(34)C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\NT\Uninst.dll@chr(34)

[CodeScript]

You can make some more refinements so that it can work even when the System root is not C:\ as below.