Adobe install via GPO

[Guest]

Hello

I am currently testing an Adobe Reader 6.01 rollout to our business
community. I am able to deploy this version thanks to the msi package that is
extracted after running setup. However, it only installs and does not upgrade
the existing version. Thus, there are two versions on the users' desktop.

This will actually work just fine for some of my users as they require both
versions. However the majority of the community should only run the newer
version.
How can I remove the older version without having to actually touch each
desktop?
I assume that this can be accomplished via a bacth file, or script? Can this
be applied via GPO? I have very limited experience in writing batch/scripts
and would appreciate any additional information, perhaps a pointer in the
right direction.

Thank you,

Mark Clark

 

[Chriss3 [MVP]]

If the first/older version where deployed by GPO as well, if can be removed
and unassigned, you have the option to not let the users running it anymore
when you remove the package from the GPO.

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Christoffer Andersson
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services

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[Guest]

Unfortunately the older version was not deployed via GPO.

 

[Chriss3 [MVP]]

You can use a script to running a unattended uninstall of the old package,
with msiexec

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Christoffer Andersson
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services

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