Altiris 7.1 Software uninstall task

[Jason Gallas]

I created a quick delivery uninstall task to remove a software package using the Uninstall - No UI option.  I noticed that the task wants to download the software before it executes.  Since the uninstall command is using the msiexec /x {GUID} /qn option wouldn't downloading the softare first be unnecessary in this case?  I looked for an option to not download the package first but did not see it anywhere. 

I know you can create a run script task to do the same thing but I thought it inefficient to download a package that you don't need just to uninstall it.

Please advise.

[Migration User]

As you suspected, you should create a run script task if the command line does not need to access any of the files in the package.

[Jason Gallas]

Yeah that's what I thought.

It seems silly to have an uninstall option for the package though if it has to download before it can execute.  Overall though 7.1 is a huge improvement over 6.x.

[reto.zuerrer]

You can do the uninstall with a quick delivery task. Be sure, that the package isn't selected, just the command line to uninstall