Administrator Guide

Uninstall Using the Child Installers
• To uninstall each client individually, the child executable les must rst be extracted from the Endpoint Security Suite Pro master
installer, as shown in Extract the Child Installers from the Master Installer Alternatively, run an administrative installation to extract
the .msi.
• Ensure that the same versions of client are used for uninstallation as installation.
• Command line switches and parameters are case-sensitive.
• Be sure to enclose a value that contains one or more special characters, such as a blank space in the command line, in escaped
quotation marks. Command line parameters are case-sensitive.
• Use these installers to uninstall the clients using a scripted installation, batch les, or any other push technology available to your
organization.
• Log les - Windows creates unique child installer uninstallation log les for the logged in user at %temp%, located at C:\Users
\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Temp.
If you decide to add separate a log le when you run the installer, ensure that the log le has a unique name, as child installer log les do
not append. The standard .msi command can be used be create a log le by using /l C:\<any directory>\<any log le name>.log. Dell
does not recommend using "/l*v" (verbose logging) in a command line uninstallation, as the username/password is recorded in the log
le.
• All child installers use the same basic .msi switches and display options, except where noted, for command line uninstallations. The
switches must be specied rst. The /v switch is required and takes an argument. Other parameters go inside an argument that is
passed to the /v switch.
Display options can be specied at the end of the argument passed to the /v switch to achieve the expected behavior. Do not use
both /q and /qn in the same command line. Only use ! and - after /qb.
Switch
Meaning
/v Pass variables to the .msi inside the setup.exe. The content must always be enclosed in
plain-text quotes.
/s Silent mode
/x Uninstall mode
/a Administrative install (will copy all les inside the .msi)
NOTE:
With /v, the Microsoft default options are available. For a list of options, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/
windows/desktop/aa367988(v=vs.85).aspx.
Option Meaning
/q No Progress dialog, restarts itself after process completion
/qb Progress dialog with Cancel button, prompts for restart
/qb- Progress dialog with Cancel button, restarts itself after process completion
/qb! Progress dialog without Cancel button, prompts for restart
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