Playing back the silent setup on subsequent machines (for silent uninstall)

After you have created the response file, you are ready to uninstall the product in silent mode using InstallAnywhere Silent Install. Be aware that no messages are displayed.

To play back the silent uninstall

1. Go to the machine on which you want to play back the silent uninstall.
2. Determine where the response file is located. Either copy it to the machine on which you want to play back the silent setup, or know the path to it on a shared drive.
3. From the Run dialog box, type (or browse to) the uninstall directory where DevEnterprise is installed and select uninstall.exe (for example, C:\Program Files (x86)\Compuware\DevEnterprise\uninstall\uninstall.exe).
4. Select the executable file and click Open. The file name and path are entered into the Run dialog box.
5. Add the ‘-i silent’ command line parameter, which instructs InstallAnywhere to uninstall the product.
6. Add the -f line command parameter, including the location and name of the response file. The directories you specify must already exist and you must use quotes if any directories contain spaces.
    The path in the Run dialog box will look similar to this:
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Compuware\DevEnterprise\uninstall.exe -i silent -r -C:\Temp”
7. Click OK. After a brief delay, InstallAnywhere appears in the system tray. The uninstall takes as long as the normal uninstall takes, and you will not receive any feedback during or after it. Once the uninstall has been completed, InstallAnywhere disappears from the system tray.
8. In the Control Panel's Add or Remove Programs dialog box, check whether the product has been removed from the list of currently installed programs.