Internet Explorer 9 Silent Uninstall

Question

Hello,
I created a custom IE9 install by using the Microsoft IEAK9. The source used for the custom install and destination OS is the same, Windows 7 Pro x86. My install works perfectly with the correct customizations. However, when I run the msiexec /x
{GUID} uninstall key from the command line, I am prompted to locate the IE9 Msi installer. When I point it to the IEAK Output MSI file (which it already had found) it complains about not being a valid IE installer package. When I look at the details of the
IE9-Setup-Full.msi I see a different product GUID than listed in the registry uninstall key, however if I attempt to use that key I get the "product is not installed" error. This is the command line used to install the package: MSIEXEC /I "\\serverpath\9.0\IEAK9OUTPUT\FLAT\Win32_WIN7\ENU\IE9-Setup-Full.msi"
/qn /norestart
I can run the uninstall from the control panel without any problems, but I like to have a silent uninstall script in case I need to perform a reinstall if I run into any issues during general deployment. Has anyone else run into this problem and know a way
to fix it? 
Thank you

Answer 1

Hi,
You can try to use this methods to silent uninstall IE9:
(1)
Log in as Administrator
(2)
Close all IE browser windows
(3)
Open a "Command" windows by Clickin Start > Run > Cmd
(4)
Open "Notepad"
     Copy and paste the text below into Notepad. This will convert
the html below into plain text:
FORFILES /P %WINDIR%\servicing\Packages /M Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-*9.*.mum /c "cmd /c echo Uninstalling package @fname && start /w pkgmgr /up:@fname /norestart"
(5)
Next copy the text from Notepad and paste into the Command window at the disk prompt and then press the enter key.
(6)
After the commands run and the disk prompt returns, paste the text again and rerun the commands.
(7)
Next reboot to finalize / update the configuration with IE8.
Furthermore, I suggest to contact IE Forum for further help:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ieitprocurrentver/threads
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