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Ahhh you can all ignore this. Turns out that it was being installed by a different user during testing. After installing the old MSI with WPKG and then performing the uninstall, everything worked as expected. The application wasn't installing on a per user basis, but the user context had something to do with it.. News to me.

Hi, I'm in the process of upgrading UltraVNC from 1.1.93 (MSI) to 1.2.2.1 (exe) and am struggling to uninstall 1.1.93 with Msiexec via WPKG on Windows 10 machines. I'm switching over to the exe as it allows me to install only the VNC Server and ignore the viewer, I couldn't figure out a way to do this with the MSI. I have also attempted to perform an upgrade using the 1.2.2.1 MSI file, however this just installs side by side. The command I am using is MsiExec.exe /X{4ABD1242-7176-49CC-A128-AB9506C72DC7} /qn. This fails with error code 1605 when executed through WPKG, but uninstalls the applicaton correctly when executed from an administrative cmd prompt. 1605: This action is only valid for products that are currently installed. Clearly the application is installed, and the command is correct. This application was installed by SYSTEM as this is the user context which WPKG runs under, this is the same user which I am attempting to uninstall with. Have anyone experienced this issue or have any advice? Thanks.

What backup method are you using on your DC's? The reason I ask is that you should only be using system state backups for your DC's. I wouldn't recommend moving a DC VHD to another host and turning it on, this will cause a few issues - mainly replication problems. I would turn off one of the DC's on the problem host and set it so the VM doesn't start when the host is started. Restore the same DC to another host using system recovery, configure networking and check replication/DC health Once you move the DC via this method I would just power off the other DC on the problem host and then power cycle the problem host.

Fair enough. I will give this method a shot ;D

Can you show me an example of a WMIC command which you are attempting to execute on the remove machines? (one which returns this error)

I would also recommend Irfanview, we use it with the RIOT plugin - allows IrfanView to save optimized JPG/GIF/PNG files (RIOT - Radical Image Optimization Tool) I never thought of installing it to a shared location. Those if you that have done this, how does it play when multiple users are using the application at the same time?

I have "Learn Powershell in a Month of Lunches". I can tell you that it's taken me more than a month of lunches to get my head round Powershell but this book has taught me a lot. There are also a bunch of videos on Youtube which go with this book.