Silent Uninstall Premiere Elements 10

Did somebody get managed a silent uninstall of Premiere Elements 10?
As far as I understood I have to deactive the product first before I'll do an uninstall.
Is there a smooth way to automatically deactivate the software?
In enterprise environment (SCCM deploy) Iam not able to do something manually...
The silent installation is pretty simple if you follow the instructions in this article:
http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/kb/silent-install-instructions-premiere-elements- 4.html
I searched a lot but I cant find something like that.
Chat- and telephone-support guided me in this forum.
Thanks in advance...

Back at the main page http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere there is a link to the PPro SDK... but I have never seen such for PreElements
I don't work for Adobe, but my GUESS is that PreElements is much more aimed at the home user market, so it is really made for the individual user, not big companies with "central, enterprise" controls

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Hi Hunt,
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Silent install Premiere Elements 10, 32 and 64-bit

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SirTimbit
John T. Smith's input sounds sound, there may be one block in pursuing that suggestion.
I would agree with John T. Smith that Adobe is the one to sort out its Adobe Tech document for you if it will. It often restricts its assistance if the matter does not relate to purchased/registered/current version. And, Premiere Elements is not the current version.
Have you contacted Adobe about this matter and been refused help for the reason that I referred to?
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David,
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1. Opened Premiere Elements 10 project workspace...Help Menu/Deactivate and do just that. Close the program.
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b. Adobe Premiere Elements 10 (Content) with a file size of 1.23 GB
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or
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http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
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ATR

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