

If you use this in an important environment, please take system backup beforehand. With regard to failure or unexpected behavior by the use of this tool, we can not respond.

However this uninstall tool is out of the support scope.

Referencesįor a list of available MSI command line switches, type msiexec /? at the command prompt.In case the installation of SEP fails, Symantec offers an uninstall tool of all Symantec products. CleanWipeįor difficulty with uninstalling Endpoint Protection, see also: Uninstalling Symantec Endpoint Protection with the CleanWipe utility. DLL: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI14D.tmp, Entrypoint: CustomAction_SxsMsmCleanupġ: sxsdelca tried opening key w/o wow64key 2: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\PatchedComponents 3: 672 4: 0ġ: sxsdelca tried opening wow64key 2: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\PatchedComponents 3: 680 4: 0 MSI (s) (0C:34) : Invoking remote custom action. MSI (s) (0C:20) : Doing action: SxsUninstallCA The uninstaller is trying to find some keys which are present in a 64-bit operating system, but they do not exist on a 32-bit operating system:Īction ended 13:37:50: InstallFinalize.

Repeat this for each instance of msiexec.exe listed.Click End Process for all of the running Windows Installer processes by right-clicking on msiexec.exe, and then clicking End Process.Note: If the MSI uninstall has stopped responding, follow these steps: THE ABOVE COMMAND line examples are the ones to use for a third-party tool for uninstall, for example what command-line to pass via SCCM Type cmd to open the Windows command prompt.Įxample: msiexec.exe /x /lv!* c:\uninstallSEP.txt.Browse the Uninstall subkeys in the left-hand pane, and check the values in the right-hand pane to find a value for the DisplayName that equals Symantec Endpoint Protection.Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\.Type regedit to open the Windows Registry Editor.Find the Symantec Endpoint Protection uninstallation product key:.Log on to the computer with administrator rights.You can disable password protection from SEPM: Note: If you have password protected client uninstallation, you should disable it first and then run the script. A successful uninstall will return a message that ends with "ReturnValue: 0".Run the following command: (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product -Filter "Name='Symantec Endpoint Protection'" -ComputerName.Open a PowerShell Window as Administrator.
