Silent uninstall J2SE v 1.4.1_01

Question

How can I silently uninstall J2SE v 1.4.1_01??
I have tried several things, but there is always this popup if I realy want to uninstall....
Does anybody hav an idea how to do so ?

Answer 1

You would have to create an installshield answer file (.iss).
First check your registry what the uninstall string looks like using regedit.exe, for example mine is in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EFCE5837-FC21-11D6-9D24-00010240CE95}
and looks like this:
"RunDll32 C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\engine\6\INTEL3~1\Ctor.dll,LaunchSetup "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{EFCE5837-FC21-11D6-9D24-00010240CE95}\setup.exe" Anytext"
if you take the part
"C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{EFCE5837-FC21-11D6-9D24-00010240CE95}\setup.exe" and execute that one with the parameter -r and answer all the questions the setup.exe will create a setup.iss text answer file in your windows (winnt) folder.
Save that file in a seperate location.
Now if you want to uninstall on a different machine which has the same version of java installed you will need to execute this commandline:
"C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{EFCE5837-FC21-11D6-9D24-00010240CE95}\setup.exe" -s -SMS -f1"c:\temp\setup.iss"
-f2c:\temp\uninstall.txt. Don't forget the "" if you use spaces because there are spaces in the command line path.
-s is for silent
-SMS is to be sure the uninstaller does not start using a new different process task (for batch files etc.)
-f1path\filename for the iss answer file you've created
-f2path\filename for a log file
This only works for installshield version 6/7, older versions sometimes require different methods.