Silent Install | Uninstall

sf0greensill

Hi folks,

I can't silent install and then silent uninstall.

I install silently but silent uninstall won't work.
I install for all users using the regular installer, then the silent uninstall works.

Silent Install parameters:

C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\Vivaldi.2.9.1705.31.x64.exe --vivaldi --vivaldi-silent --do-not-launch-chrome --vivaldi-update --system-level

Then Silent Uninstall Parameters:

c:\Program Files\Vivaldi\Application\2.9.1705.31\Installer\setup.exe --uninstall --vivaldi --force-uninstall

Depending upon the incantation of silent install parameters, sometimes the uninstall returns 0 but does nothing, others get an error like:

This command cannot be run due to the error:
The system cannot find the file specified.At C:\\Windows\\TEMP\\ansible-tmp-1572628261.67-48323291646256\\Uninstall_Vivaldi.ps1:3 char:3
+ $(Start-Process -FilePath $path -ArgumentList $args -Wait)+
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    
   + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Start-Process], InvalidOperationException    
   + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperationException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommandScriptStackTrace:at <ScriptBlock>, C:\\Windows\\TEMP\\ansible-tmp-1572628261.67-48323291646256\\Uninstall_Vivaldi.ps1: line 3at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
   System.InvalidOperationException: This command cannot be run due to the error: The system cannot find the file specified.   at System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime.ThrowTerminatingError(ErrorRecord errorRecord)

Please note though I am running this from Ansible, the outcome is the same when run in powershell albeit the error is presented slightly differently:

Uninstall_Vivaldi.ps1 Code

$args = "--uninstall --vivaldi --force-uninstall"
$path = "c:\Program Files\Vivaldi\Application\2.9.1705.31\Installer\setup.exe"
$(Start-Process -FilePath $path -ArgumentList $args -Wait)

Error

Start-Process : This command cannot be run due to the error: The system cannot find the file specified.
At line:3 char:3
+ $(Start-Process -FilePath $path -ArgumentList $args -Wait)
+   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Start-Process], InvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperationException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand

Please don't think I'm ignoring you... I am not able to respond over the weekend.

Thank you.

sf0greensill

A quick nudge to remind anyone. Any thoughts or suggestions would be gratefully received.

Thank you.

sf0greensill

Hi @Gwen-Dragon

P.s. I have submitted this as a bug also. Thank you.

bc3tech

@Gwen-Dragon said in Silent Install | Uninstall:

Thank you for reaching and sorry for the trouble.

May be this issue is a bug.

Please read

Help us reproduce your issue

How to report a bug for Vivaldi

carefully and report the bug to Vivaldi bugtracker.

Again thank you for using Vivaldi.

I filed this bug back in July: https://forum.vivaldi.net/post/305414