Thanks, Daniel. Using psexec -s showed that rmdir is getting an error that the folder is in use by another process.
I am trying to put logic in the batch script to wait a number of seconds to see if that makes a difference. Jeff On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Daniel Ratliff <[email protected]> wrote: > Test it with psexec –s to run under system context. This will match what > ConfigMgr will attempt to do. **** > > ** ** > > Another thought is you need to have the rmdir switches before your > directory path. **** > > ** ** > > Rmdir /q “c:\program files\etc\etc”**** > > ** ** > > *Daniel Ratliff* **** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jeff Poling > *Sent:* Thursday, August 08, 2013 11:58 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [mssms] Batch Script**** > > ** ** > > That is a possibility. . .although I can run the script on its own and it > deletes the directory every time.**** > > ** ** > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Tuomo Leppänen <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > If the msiexec is still running when you try to remove that directory?**** > > > > > > On 8.8.2013 18:35, Jeff Poling wrote:**** > > I am feeling pretty lame that I cannot get this to work. . . . > I have a batch file I am distributing with ConfigMgr 2007. The purpose of > the batch file is to uninstall some software. It does this using msiexec > commands and then some misc deletion of registry entries. I also need to > remove the empty program directory from c:\program files (x86). Removing > the directory is not working when the program runs on the client. If I run > the script on its own outside of ConfigMgr, the folder gets removed with no > issue. I've tried a number of renditions. Here is the line from the > script I am using to delete the folder: > CMD.exe /c rmdir /s "C:\Program Files (x86)\Interwoven" /q > Any idea why that line does not work when ConfigMgr runs the program? > Thanks, > Jeff**** > > > > > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed > and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this > material/information in error, > please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information. > >
