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astansbery1010
Jan 27, 2023Copper Contributor
Uninstall application that was installed as a Win32 intune.win application
I used an application called Actual Installer Free/Trial to package a link to our company SharePoint online with a custom icon image for our team to access an excel file easily with the link. I used ...
astansbery1010
Jan 27, 2023Copper Contributor
I found out part of the problem why it won't uninstall using the normal procedure in endpoint manager.
The .msi product code stayed the exact same as a previous iteration of the application.
The new version installed properly without an error code because the detection rule was setup properly for it. It just won't uninstall because of the old product code.
It will properly uninstall if the Uninstall.exe for it is ran from the product install folder. It just requires admin rights to run.
So I have to find a way to run a script with admin info pre populated to run the Uninstall.exe in the application folder.
Moral of the story.
If you are not an application developer or powershell scripter don't try this.
The .msi product code stayed the exact same as a previous iteration of the application.
The new version installed properly without an error code because the detection rule was setup properly for it. It just won't uninstall because of the old product code.
It will properly uninstall if the Uninstall.exe for it is ran from the product install folder. It just requires admin rights to run.
So I have to find a way to run a script with admin info pre populated to run the Uninstall.exe in the application folder.
Moral of the story.
If you are not an application developer or powershell scripter don't try this.