Silent Uninstall

You can uninstall Micro Focus products silently by using the following command. 

start /wait msiexec.exe  /i {GUID_To_Uninstall} /qn [parameters]

Where GUID_To_Uninstall is the 32-digit GUID of the product to uninstall

To find out the GUID of an installed program:

  1. In the Registry Editor, in the left-hand pane, highlight the folder \My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Micro Focus.
  2. In the right-hand pane, note the GUID in the Name column for SOFTWARE\Micro Focus\product\ver\Setup.

    Where:

    • product is the name of the Micro Focus product to uninstall
    • ver is the version of the product to uninstall

To uninstall a WrapPack, HotFix or other patch and restore the previous full release, run the following command all on one line (don't split it across lines, which is done here to make it easier to read): 

start /wait msiexec.exe  /i {GUID_To_Restore} 
            MSIPATCHREMOVE={GUID_To_Uninstall} 
            /qn[ parameters]

Where:

For information on other command line options, see your Microsoft MSI documentation.

Parameters

Uninstalling silently creates a log file in %temp%\[LogFilename] by default. To change the location use the /l parameter on your command line. /l*v drive:\path\filename.

Examples

To uninstall Net Express 5.0002 (WrapPack 2), restore Net Express 5.001 and create a log file, use the command:

start /wait msiexec.exe  /i {959202C8-ADC9-45DE-BFC3-D0DB2B3EC085} 
            MSIPATCHREMOVE={A3E16A5F-460E-46A5-B802-6FB044A34D6A} 
            /qn /l*vx PatchUninstall.log

Where the long numbers starting 95920C8 and A3E16A5F are the GUIDs for version 5.001 and WrapPack 2 respectively.