Silent uninstall in Windows

[m-lindemann]

Is there a way to silent uninstall MiKTeX on Windows? The old way "miktexsetup [options] uninstall" doesn´t work anymore. Thanks!

[yulasinio]

Same issue here using setup utility v2.9.6637.0 getting error: Unknown/unsupported setup task: uninstall

[empereira]

Hello,

The silent uninstall method works with the uninstall_admin.exe?

C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\x64\internal>uninstall_admin.exe uninstall

[edocevoli]

@infomatico: uninstall_admin.exe is a desktop application and it does not run unattended (silently).

[empereira]

@edocevoli

I'm using wapt for package remote installation. Is there any way I can uninstall silently via the command line?

[edocevoli]

miktexsetup uninstall can be used to remove MiKTeX on the command-line. Some in-use files cannot be removed, i.e., you have to remove the installation directory manually. For example:

miktexsetup uninstall
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9"

[empereira]

@edocevoli

I downloaded miktexsetup-2.9 and I also tried with miktexsetup.exe that it has in the installation x64 folder to perform the uninstallation and the following error occurs when executing the command:

C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\x64>"miktexsetup.exe" --verbose --shared
uninstall
miktexsetup: Unknown/unsupported setup task: uninstall

In the download page, informs that the miktexsetup is using to uninstall.

At the bottom of the link page below is the uninstall command.
https://docs.miktex.org/manual/miktexsetup.html

How can I solve this problem?

[edocevoli]

miktexsetup.exe is a part of the MiKTeX distribution, i.e., you have to update MiKTeX in order to get miktexsetup.exe. The documentation is a little bit out of date.

[empereira]

@edocevoli

you have to update MiKTeX in order to get miktexsetup.exe.

Do I need to run the "miktexsetup.exe install" command to update?

[edocevoli]

You can update MiKTeX as follows:

mpm --update

[empereira]

@edocevoli

thanks for help!!

Are there any plans for miktex to have an .msi for installations via deploy through active directory?

[empereira]

@edocevoli

Via cmdline returned non-zero exit status 1.

returned non-zero exit status 1.
Output:'"C:\Program Files\MIKTEX\miktex/bin/x64/internal\copystart_admin.exe"' não é reconhecido como um comando interno
ou externo, um programa operável ou um arquivo em lotes.

Translation:

returned output status other than zero 1.
Output: 'C:\Program Files\MIKTEX\miktex/bin/x64/internal\copystart_admin.exe' 'is not recognized as an internal command
or external, an operational program or a batch file.

The uninstall key seems to be wrong?!

[empereira]

@edocevoli

Any news about my doubt?

[edocevoli]

Please check the milestone

[edocevoli]

Thank you for the repost. This has been fixed now.

[vickywijek]

Hi

Did anyone have any luck with silently uninstalling Miktex? I am still having issues with silently uninstalling Miktex 2.9.6753.

I get the following error message when running the silent command: C:\Software\Tex>"C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\x64\miktexsetup.exe" uninstall

miktexsetup: Unknown/unsupported setup task: uninstall

[empereira]

​Hello Vickywijek, You need to update the package before uninstalling. Try run the command below first: ..\bin\x64\mpm.exe --update --admin

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