Silent install/uninstall of LabView 8

[joaopires]

I installed LabView 8 silently from command line using as a parameter the silent_install.txt that comes with LabVIEW. After restart changed all feature states to Absent in that same file and tried to silently uninstall the application, but apparently nothing got removed.

The uninstall log is attached to this message.

I didn't install the drivers, just the main application.

Can someone tell me what may be the problem?

Thanks.

[Kenny_K]

If I read the file correctly (silent_install.txt) then the drivers are not installed by default.  You have to install them seperatly.  It also appears that the Teststand and the Runtime are not installed by defualt, just the application.

For uninstalling check out this link.

Kenny

Message Edited by Support on 03-06-2006 12:08 PM

[joaopires]

I installed only the main application (on a clean machine) because I wanted to first test the silent uninstall with the simplest scenario, avoiding dependencies that could cause the uninstall process to fail. The truth is that it failed anyway, even with this simple scenario.

What I really want to know is if what I'm doing is supposed to work.

I think it is strange that the setup.exe does not provide an uninstall switch (like "/x", for instance) so I'm wondering if this processed is supposed to be used only to modify an installation and not for a full removal.

[Kenny_K]

From looking around, I have a feeling that you are correct that the setup.exe does not have a uninstall switch built in.  It appears that the easiest way to silently remove the application and susequent files is to use the msiexec described in the link I posted earlier.  I tried doing some more google searching and the program always came up.

As far as installing, it appears that you are doing everything correctly.  I am working on and XP machine at them moment and it tells me that I need to use the control panel and not the Run command to install applications so I cant verify it but it appears that the install method is correct from what you described.

Kenny