Scripting

yes, did you check out the nwclient install package? there is info there on unattended UNinstall.

http://itninja.com/link/automatic-client-upgrade-howto-right-from-novell

Thanks, that's huge. I don't know why, but I had not even thought to look there. I wrote the batch file and it tested perfectly on XP and W2K.

craig --<>.

Criag,

Do you think you could send me a copy of those batch files? I have to remove Novell from 8,000 workstations. If I can do it with a script that would be cool.

TC
MCSE

tango_chuck,

Here is the link to the Novell tid: http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10070072.htm

Here is the batch file I am using for XP:

@echo off
C:\WINDOWS\system32\NetWare\Nwmigw2k\setupw2k.exe /u ms_nwspx
C:\WINDOWS\system32\NetWare\Nwmigw2k\setupw2k.exe /u ms_nwnb
C:\WINDOWS\system32\NetWare\Nwmigw2k\setupw2k.exe /u ms_nwipx
C:\WINDOWS\system32\NetWare\Nwmigw2k\setupw2k.exe /u nw_wm
C:\WINDOWS\system32\NetWare\Nwmigw2k\setupw2k.exe /u nw_ndps
C:\WINDOWS\system32\NetWare\Nwmigw2k\setupw2k.exe /u nw_nwfs
cls
exit

The path is, of course, c:\winnt if the workstation is W2K.

One additional note: the uninstall leaves behind c:\[windows folder]\system32\NetWare. NWtray.exe remains running after the uninstall, and it uses two .dll's in that folder. Therefore, a reboot is necessary to delete the folder. I have not been able to use taskkill to kill the nwtray.exe process by name or pid, or figure out a way to avoid the reboot to get rid of it.

craig --<>.

Thanks Craig,

Looks like it works great. Would you happen to have a script for NT?

TC

Thanks guys,

The scripts work great in my environment for vs 4.8x on W2K but blue screens the hell out of NT vs 4.7x. Any thoughts? I have tried to manipulate the UNC32 script, tried changing the W2K/XP scripts but all attempts have failed. I want to avoid using AutoIt. I am about to write manual removal docs to remove it.

TC

One more thing you can try,
http://www.geocities.com/bsquaredconsulting/
under complete aplications, there is a novell client uninstaller. One EXE takes out most nwclient versions, including CSNW setups.