How to uninstall Acrobat Standard X while Acrobat is running (Silent) - Property to handle this???

Question

We have several thousand customers where we need to remove Acobat Standard X from the computers to install an update.  However, some customers may leave the product running even if they aren't using it.  Now if you run the uninstall with a /qb you get a prompt saying that the application is running, there is an option to ignore, but I can't seem to figure out how to "click" that using commandline options.  There must be a property that handles that, right?  Thanks.

Answer 1

Sabian, I know how to kill a process running that isn't my problem (In fact personally I think it is easier in PowerShell than what you mentioned), I'm trying to have as little impact to the customer as possible.  My comments above were purly to point out Adobe has some work to do with their MSI's, if this isn't possible, since other software companies can clearly get around this problem with no ill effect.
Here is one solution for anyone else wondering what can be done:
Create a pop-up/message box as part of the deployment stating they need to close out of Adobe or it will close in a specific time frame.  Once the OK button is clicked or the time expires, it forces a kill command (In PS that would be Stop-Process), then go onto the install.
The only problem with this is first customers will contact the helpdesk because even with an e-mail lets face it, people don't read their e-mail. Second, there is potential for data loss if people choose to ignore the message.  (If they choose to ignore it, well that is on them in my opinion).  Thanks.