Failure to Unpublish & Remove MS Office 2013 (v15.0.4659.1001)

I was able to create an AppV for Office 2013 using the documentation provided by Microsoft (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/dn817830.aspx). And I had no issues publishing the app globally via Powershell. But the only issue is during the un-publishing
and removing the package. Please find the error logs below.
****UNPUBLISHING EXCEL 2013 64Bit****
Unpublish-AppvClientPackage : Internal AppV Integration error: Unpublish 
operation failed.
Operation attempted: Unpublish AppV Package. 
AppV Error Code: 0100000018. 
Please consult AppV Client Event Log for more details.
At C:\Windows\ccmcache\3l\PowershellScript_Uninstall.ps1:15 char:1
+ Unpublish-AppvClientPackage -name "Microsoft Office 15 
ProPlusVolume_en-us_x64"  ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidResult: (:) [Unpublish-AppvClientPackage] 
   , ClientException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnpublishPackageError,Microsoft.AppV.AppvClientP 
   owerShell.UnpublishAppvPackage
****REMOVING EXCEL 2013 64Bit****
Remove-AppvClientPackage : Application Virtualization Service failed to 
complete requested operation. 
Operation attempted: Remove AppV Package. 
AppV Error Code: 0C8007012F. 
Error module: Streaming Manager. Internal error detail: 74F0110C8007012F. 
Please consult AppV Client Event Log for more details.
At C:\Windows\ccmcache\3l\PowershellScript_Uninstall.ps1:17 char:1
+ Remove-AppvClientPackage -name "Microsoft Office 15 ProPlusVolume_en-us_x64"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidResult: (:) [Remove-AppvClientPackage], C 
   lientException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemovePackageError,Microsoft.AppV.AppvClientPowe 
   rShell.RemoveAppvPackage
I am totally clueless about this error.
Any thoughts?? 
Any suggestion are greatly appreciated. 
 

Can you post the contents of your PowerShell script? You probably need to add -global to the unpublish command if you haven't already done so.
Dan Gough - UK App-V MVP
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    I normally don't rant, but this is a killer feature removal, and the reason given is for aesthetics - 'Removal of clutter" is how it's worded here:
    [Changes in Office 2013]
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc178954(en-us).aspx
    I copy n pasted below the operative row from the linked TechNet page as to the reason WHY this critical (and very popular feature) has been removed from Microsoft Office 2013 Word's context-menu: LESS CLUTTER
    And your answer is ambiguous and doesn't solve the issue that you created to make things prettier: "Click the AutoCorrect Options button" Then what?  ADD EACH WORD MANUALLY? 
    Please advise ALL OF US that want this feature back how to have our commonly misspelled words fixed and added automatically to the dictionary.  If I am missing this in a major way somehow, I apologize completely and will issue a public apology via any
    social media platform of your choice.  If it really is gone, and I have to manually add the entries into a buried table 6-clicks deep, then I will issue a public excoriation of this feature on as many social platforms of my choice.
    Sincerely,
    Maximus Mednick
    COPY N PASTE AS FOLLOWS:
    =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
    Contents of spelling error context menu
                    Word and WordMail within Outlook
    Modifying the feature
    Auto-Correct and certain formatting tools are no longer available from the spelling error context menu.
    To make Word 2013 cleaner and less cluttered, we removed AutoCorrect and certain formatting tools from the spelling error context menu. The features are still available in Word 2013 through other entry points within the Word user interface.
    Less clutter in the spelling error context menu. This enables users to find popular commands more quickly. In addition, the spelling error context menu now fits better on the screen.
    To change AutoCorrect options, do the following:
    Choose File -> Options -> Proofing
    Choose the AutoCorrect Options button.
    =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
    Thanks, MAXIMUS

    Microsoft used to be about allowing users to customize the OS and apps however they want. This was one reason I have always preferred Windows over Mac. There are 5 ways to do any one thing, and you can customize it to do it however you want. It's all about
    user choice. Please don't go the way of Apple and force users into the way that you *think* we should do things. 
    <rant>
    While I whole heartedly agree with this suggestion, if you look through this blog about the design decisions that went into the 2007 ribbon:
    Jensen Harris: An Office User Interface Blog -
    http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jensenh/archive/2008/03/12/table-of-contents.aspx
    You'll see that one of the considerations of the ribbon was to ELIMINATE/REDUCE customization because it was costing large corporate customers too much time/money to support their users with 2003 customized menu/toolbars.  In other words, the ribbon
    was intentionally built as a fixed design so that average user cannot change it.  The QAT was an afterthought, a sop, to allow users minimal customization. 
    They found that the 2007 lock down was too much of a "good thing", too much like the good old "IBM 360 green screen" (even if most people don't recognize the reference), so in 2010 they
    re-introduced limited Ribbon customization within the UI.
    But you still can't customize the default tabs. And to add injury to insult, if you do want to customize a default tab and go to the effort of trying to recreate the default tabs and groups
    within the Ribbon UI, you'll eventually find that YOU CAN'T'! There is no way inside the UI to force the buttons to layout the same way! AHHH!
    Even in 2007,
    EXPERTS have had the option of creating custom Ribbons/tabs by editing XML, but that is pretty serious programming, out of scope for 99% of users.
    The "solution" to the problem was too simple. Just add an option to allow users to turn on the old menu UI.  Even if it had been buried as a registry hack, the people who really wanted it would have learned about it. Then MS could have collected statistics
    on usage that would have "proved" that the menu was preferred over the ribbon.  The thing is, if the ribbon was defaulted "out of the box", over time people would eventually all switch over to it. Simply because it was the default, because MS only produced
    new training material referring for the ribbon
    Now, I'll concede that the ribbon really may be more "intuitive", but only for new users. For long time users the change is very jarring.
    They made the same choice with Windows 8.  In the last Windows 8 consumer Preview there was a registry hack to bypass the Start Screen.  I learned about it in July or August. But MS was so sure the Start screen/metro was the only way to go they
    rushed out a Windows Update to eliminate that registry entry. And it was eliminated from the RTM version. 
    WHY?
    Why did they remove the user's right to chose the UI that worked best for them? I don't know.
    </end rant>  sorry, this is a hot button for me.

  • How do I hide/remove the Invite People menu option under Share in Office 2013

    We have attempted to disable all the cloud features of Office 2013 using GPOs. However, the "Invite People" menu option under Share in the Office backstage view still shows up. Is there a GPO or reg key to remove or hide this option? See image
    below.
    Thanks very much

    Please try to use the Office Custom UI Editor to hide the the "Invite People" Task.
    http://openxmldeveloper.org/blog/b/openxmldeveloper/archive/2009/08/07/7293.aspx
    The idmso is ShareWithPeople (found it from the Office document http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=727)
    and reference to the following blog to write the XML:
    http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vsod/archive/2013/04/05/customizing-office-2013-backstage.aspx
    Cheers,
    Tony Chen
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  • Manual Removal of Office 2010 during Unattended 2013 install

    As I'm sure it has been discussed many times before, the Office 2013 OCT deployment does a horrible job removing all Office 2010 components properly.  Even with the option to "remove previous versions of Office before installing" selected,
    there will still be pieces of Office 2010 lingering behind.  It has been reported to me by our support department that this can randomly cause issues with Office 2013.
    In these cases, our support group must manually remove the Office 2010 remnants and run a manual repair of Office 2013. Not ideal on 1000 systems.
    To bypass all of this mess, I've attempted to add a command line via the Office Config Tool to remove Office 2010 as well as Lync 2010.  I have configured OCT to Run a batch file
    before installing Office2013 via the "Add installations and run programs" area.  The batch file has 2 lines.
    \\<server>\<share>\Office2010\Install\setup.exe /uninstall ProPlus /config \\<server>\<share>\silentuninstall.xml
    \\<server>\<share>\Lync2010\LyncSetup.exe /silent /uninstall
    Nothing too fancy here.  Note that this batch file works as intended if I manually run it from command line on a workstation. So, I know that all of these commands are good.  Also note, the sms installer account has access to the server and
    shares specified in my commands.
    This seems like it should be such an easy thing for OCT to pull off, but it just blows right by my batch file as if it doesn't exist. Am I missing something here?  What can I do in OCT to ensure that it doesn't ignore this command?
    Thanks,
    David

    I've seen this sort of query quite a few times over the past few months. The Office 2013 OCT tool does a fairly poor job removing previous Office versions.
    Your uninstall argument is probably failing because your referencing an xml file that resides on a server file share. Config Manager will execute your argument using the system account so its probably a permissions based issue. You can test this by running
    your uninstall argument using psexec which replicates this behavior.
    I've approached this issue in a different way - you may wish to look at this option instead?
    Microsoft have written some Office scrub vb script files to address the issue:
    http://blogs.technet.com/b/odsupport/archive/2011/04/08/how-to-obtain-and-use-offscrub-to-automate-the-uninstallation-of-office-products.aspx
    http://blogs.technet.com/b/odsupport/archive/2011/04/06/how-to-perform-an-uninstall-upgrade-to-office-2010.aspx
    http://marckean.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/fully-automate-removal-of-any-version-office-in-preparation-for-office-365/
    You could  use a batch file wrapper as your Office 2013 Configuration Manager install command – something like this would work:
    @echo off
    SET INSTALL=%~dp0
    :Remove Microsoft Office 2010 Suites
    Cscript “%INSTALL%\OffScrub10.vbs” ALL /Quiet /NoCancel
    :Install Microsoft Office 2013 Professional
    Setup.exe
    ping 127.0.0.1 -n 5 > nul
    Has worked well for me. Note that you would need to add an additional line to remove Lync 2010 - probably something like msiexec /x {YourLync2010GUID} /q would be best.
    Cheers
    Damon

  • Office 2013 .pub keep getting a conversion failure.

    I have 43 pages of .pub from Office 2013 that keep failing conversion in the single conversion and the combine files option.
    I purchased this subscription specifically for this task on time sensitive material and I cannot obtain the PDF.

    Sara,
    Thanks for your reply. I am on OS Windows 8.1 and Office 2013. I am on a server but I also tried converting offline at home. I realize that there are firewall settings in the laptop configuration.
    The project is a yearbook for our school so I don't think smaller copies of the file are possible. I'm not exactly sure of how you mean. There are Disney pictures (permissable) on them as well as photographs on most.. The printer was able to successfully PDF the files individually. This is the major project for us and I still want to see if I can get it to work. We have other occassions where we need PDF's and PDF to Office conversions but it is sporadic. We decided on the monthly subscription to handle those sporadic occassions.
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    My higher level tech support is coming down on Monday and I will pose the firewall questions to them but if you have any other suggestions for me in the meantime I would appreciate it. It doesn't make sense for us to pay for a subscription if it isn't going to work for us.
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