what is the best practice to un/install all versions of Citrix Receiver clients using KACE SMA (K1000) to do these tasks? What are their parameters to do quietly or silently in the background?
what is the best practice to un/install all versions of Citrix
Receiver clients using KACE SMA (K1000) to do these tasks? What are
their parameters to do quietly or silently in the background?
Task1 - I needed to be able to uninstall all versions of Citrix Receiver clients like from
Citrix Receiver (Enterprise) 13.1.0.89 .. all the way to Citrix Receiver(USB) 14.12.0.18020 or any latest version, if possible.
Task2 - After clean uninstalling, I want to do a push-install a newer Citrix Receiver LTSR_4.9.7000 clients, of course, KACE K1000 to do these tasks.
To uninstall for Citrix Receiver (Enterprise)
versions, I can use this parameter C:\ProgramData\Citrix\Citrix Receiver
(Enterprise)\TrolleyExpress.exe /uninstall /cleanup
To install for Citrix Receive:
for old version 3.4.x: CitrixReceiverEnterprise.exe /silent /includeSSON SERVER_LOCATION="BVVNinstSrvr.citrite.net" ENABLE_SSON="Yes"
for LTSR_4.9.7000+ CitrixReceiver.exe /silent
SERVER_LOCATION="BVVNinstSrvr.citrite.net" ENABLE_SSON="Yes"
but it is NOT silently installs for LTSR_4.9.7000+ and get pop-ups dialog windows
Q1. How do I make it installing silently since these parameters are NOT the same anymore from old version 4.8.x or less to the newer version 4.9.x (LTSR)?
Q2. What are proper parameters for the newer version if my old version using these: /silent SERVER_LOCATION="BVVNinstSrvr.citrite.net" ENABLE_SSON="Yes"
Q3.
Also, for KACE, is there any way I can issue a command to remove
everything under this folder: C:\ProgramData\Quest\KACE\scripts\ ??
Answers (2)
If I remember correctly, Citrix Has its own clean-up tool which may prove useful.
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX137494
You could probably even push this out via KACE, though you may want to push out an uninstall afterwards to make sure it doesn't remove any newer versions
I have a script that I wrote a few months back for the receiver plugin, perhaps it uses similar logic to the version you're deploying and can be adapted for it? Looks like many of the switches may be listed here https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-workspace-app-for-windows/install.html
# Citrix Receiver Installation Script
#Arguments for the Installation
# /Silent (Install SIlently) /RCU (Force upgrade of legacy versions) /EnableCEIP=False (Disable Customer Experience Improvement Program)
#/noreboot (so install doesn't reboot automatically and throw off KACE/SCCM) /ALLOWADDSTORE=N (prevent FTU dialog popup https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-workspace-app-for-windows/getting-started.html#user-accounts)
$InstallerArguments = "/Silent /RCU /EnableCEIP=False /ALLOWADDSTORE=N /noreboot"
# get the properties of the installer
$InstallerFile = (Get-ItemProperty -Path "$PSScriptRoot\CitrixOnlinePluginWeb.exe")
# Display the version of the installer
$Installerversion = $InstallerFile.VersionInfo.Fileversion
Write-Output "Preparing to install $Citrix Receiver $InstallerVersion" |Out-Host
# Look for versions to remove
$CitrixUninstallers = (Get-ItemProperty -path "$ENV:SystemDrive\ProgramData\Citrix\Citrix Receiver *\TrolleyExpress.exe" -ea silentlycontinue)
# Remove each version found
foreach ($CitrixUninstaller in $CitrixUninstallers){
Write-Output "Running Citrix uninstaller found in Path $CitrixUninstaller" |Out-Host
Start-Process -FilePath $CitrixUninstaller -Argumentlist "/uninstall /silent /cleanup /noreboot" -wait
}
Write-Output "Beginning Installation" |Out-Host
start-process -FilePath $installerFile -ArgumentList $InstallerArguments -Wait
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX137494 - CarstenBuscher 4 years ago