deploy office 2010 x64 and uninstall office 2007 32

[ssbn506]

I have run into a problem I cant seem to find a solution for. We have computers running windows 7 x64 that has office 2007 32 running on them. We have a custom excel plugin that wasn't supported in the x64 version of office.

 

That plugin is now out for office x64. But I have found pushing office 2010x64 with a OCT(office customisation tool)and SCCM2012 setting will only work with like installs. So office 2010 32 will uninstall office 2007 32 and office 2010 64 will uninstall office 2007 64. But office 2010 x64 wont uninstall office 2007 32.

 

I cant find a way that works to uninstall 2007 32 before 2010 64 installs. I did think I was close by running of office 2007 uninstall fixit from Microsoft. "msiexec /i MicrosoftFixit50154.msi /quiet" But even run by command line and not through sccm doesn't seem to work. I extracted the VBS script from the FixIt msi but I don't know how to get a vbs to run before an application install?

 

Can any of you tell me or point me to a guide on how to do this? My google foo could not find a good explanation on how to get this to work I could follow?

 

 

[Peter33]

You can uninstall office by using WMI like this ...

 

wmic product where identifyingnumber="{90120000-0012-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}" call uninstall

 

Just replace the Product ID with your version.

However, this most likely return an exit code of 1603, which is an error. The Program will be removed correctly though.

 

Best practice would probably be to create an Application with an uninstall command for Office 2007 (setup.exe /uninstall Standard /config Office2007.txt). Then create a supersedence in you office 2010 app for office 2007.

 

The Office2007.txt should look like this for Office 2007 Standard.

 

<Configuration Product="Standard">
<Display Level="Basic" CompletionNotice="No" SuppressModal="Yes" NoCancel="Yes" AcceptEula="Yes" />
<Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="Never" />
</Configuration>

[madmouse256]

I have run into a problem I cant seem to find a solution for. We have computers running windows 7 x64 that has office 2007 32 running on them. We have a custom excel plugin that wasn't supported in the x64 version of office. That plugin is now out for office x64. But I have found pushing office 2010x64 with a OCT(office customisation tool)and SCCM2012 setting will only work with like installs. So office 2010 32 will uninstall office 2007 32 and office 2010 64 will uninstall office 2007 64. But office 2010 x64 wont uninstall office 2007 32. I cant find a way that works to uninstall 2007 32 before 2010 64 installs. I did think I was close by running of office 2007 uninstall fixit from Microsoft. "msiexec /i MicrosoftFixit50154.msi /quiet" But even run by command line and not through sccm doesn't seem to work. I extracted the VBS script from the FixIt msi but I don't know how to get a vbs to run before an application install? Can any of you tell me or point me to a guide on how to do this? My google foo could not find a good explanation on how to get this to work I could follow?

 

I Had the same problem, but i need to Uninstall office 2010 standart x64 and install office 2010 pro+ x86.

 

what should i do:

1. I create application for office 2010 pro+ x86 and make it supersedence fo application office 2010 standart x64. And it doesnt work

2. Office cant just uninstall in silent mode, u should use construction like this -

setup.exe /uninstall STANDARD /config "\\server\share\SilentUninstallConfig.xml" where "STANDARD" - is the version of office product and "SilentUninstallConfig.xml" is the config file for silent uninstall

 

<Configuration Product="STANDARD">

<Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />

</Configuration>

3. after this pro+ x86 will uninstall standart x64. BUT if u have ANY other office product (visio,project) of x64 arch installed - x86 cant install

At the end my sollution:

make correct x64 applications with SilentUninstallConfig.xml for all office products, and one app for pro+ x86 which supersedence all this apps