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Click to view Ben Lang's profile Rookie 7 posts since
Jul 14, 2008

Jul 16, 2008 3:42 PM

Uninstall old adobe reader while installing a newer version

 

Hey All,

 

 

Since adobe reader 9 just came out I'd like to push it out to all of the workstation in my organization. I've created a distribution package and tested it and it looks copasetic and installs using software distribution. Now here's the rub...we've got a slew of workstations running a mix of adobe reader 7 and 8 (with any number of update versions). I'm looking for a way to rip off any version of Adobe reader from these workstations and then distribute adobe reader 9 to them once the old version is off.

 

 

 

 

Anyone know a good way to do this?

 

 

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

Click to view ahe's profile Expert 213 posts since
Dec 21, 2007

 

Hello,

 

 

take a look here: http://www.appdeploy.com/packages/detail.asp?id=1303

 

 

and here: Deploying Adobe Reader 9

 

 

The Adobe document says that the version 9 will uninstall all previous versions (I haven't tested it yet, perhaps next week...), but you can check their existence and uninstall them before, s. short example for 8.1.1

 

 

@echo off


rem uninstallation of Adobe Reader 8.1.1


set uinstkey=HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall{AC76BA86-7AD7 -1033-7B44-A81100000003}

reg query %uinstkey% /v DisplayVersion | for /F "tokens=1,2,3" %%i in ('findstr /R "REG_SZ"') do echo %%k >%temp%\version.txt 
for /F %%i in ('type %temp%\version.txt') do set Adobeversion=%%i 


if %Adobeversion% == 8.1.1 (


MsiExec.exe /X{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A81100000003}


)

 

 

Here are some other script samples (and other stuff) for deinstallation of older versions...: http://www.appdeploy.com/packages/detail.asp?id=915

 

 

Regards

Axel

 

 

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