Adobe Air uninstall using @commonfilesdir not working

[TheLug]

creating an uninstall that is version agnostic for Adobe Air.

When on the machine from

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0

@ a command prompt, I can run

msiexec.exe /x setup.msi /qb-!

and it works perfectly.

Now here is the problem, I can run with an autoit ".exe" using the @homedrive macro just fine without a problem. But when i run

RunWait ("msiexec.exe /x " & @CommonFilesDir & "\Adobe Air\Versions\1.0\setup.msi /qb-!")

 from an autoit ".exe" I get the msi info window (screenshot attached) saying something is wrong. It appears to be a permissions issue but i cannot figure out what to do to fix this.

example if i move the files to "c:\temp" and run an autoit ".exe" using

RunWait ("msiexec.exe /x " & @HomeDrive & "\Temp\setup.msi /qb-!")

 it works perfectly.

[Jos]

What about this one?:

RunWait ('msiexec.exe /x "' & @CommonFilesDir & '\Adobe Air\Versions\1.0\setup.msi" /qb-!')

Jos

[TheLug]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

So... Can you tell me why? Is it because of the space in the "Adobe Air"? But it works with the space using @HomeDrive! What makes this work and why?

 

Thanks so much!

Edited July 25, 2015 by TheLug
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[TheLug]

What about this one?:

RunWait ('msiexec.exe /x "' & @CommonFilesDir & '\Adobe Air\Versions\1.0\setup.msi" /qb-!')

Jos

I posted the entire script in the examples forum thanks for the help.

Example Scripts Forum

Edited July 25, 2015 by TheLug

[Jon]

You were running the command like:

msiexec.exe /x Path with spaces\Temp\setup.msi /qb-!

and it needed to be:

msiexec.exe /x "Path with spaces\Temp\setup.msi" /qb-!

 

[JLogan3o13]

I'm not sure if it works for Adobe Air specifically (depends on how it loads into the Uninstall hive in the registry), but when I am uninstalling and need to be version-agnostic I usually turn to WMI:

$oWMI = ObjGet("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")
$aProducts = $oWMI.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Product")

For $app in $aProducts
    If StringInStr($app.Name, "7-Zip") Then
        ;ConsoleWrite("Uninstalling " & $app.Name & @CRLF)
        $app.Uninstall()
    EndIf
Next