I recently wrote some batch scripts to uninstall software and delete registry keys for my work.
I used the command in the script of:
wmic product where name="Software Name" call uninstall /nointeractive
This command did what it was supposed to as far as removing the software, but it still left the Add/Remove program entries. I did not think anything of it until I went to re-install.
The problem came up that I was unable to run the software installer again. I received a feature transfer error 1603 when trying to uninstall through Add/Remove programs and a error code of 1628 installation error
The only thing that I could think of on why the installer wouldn't complete was due to existing registry keys left over from install shield. I created a virtual machine, installed the software that was trying to install and launched the WMIC console.
In the WMIC console I types "product" to bring up a list of everything that has a MSI installer attached to it. This takes a bit to run if you have a lot installed on your PC. After the product command has completed you can scroll to the right and you will see the install shield reg value.
I used the REG DELETE command to remove that registry entry. Now I can uninstall the software from the command line with a batch file and re-install like normal.
Double check the installer code with the WMIC console to ensure the software install code did not change.
Hopefully this helps anyone that comes across this issue.
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