Without the modification below, use the following article to remove the agent from the client machine Directly: https://support.quest.com/kb/120358
If you would like to make the agent visible in Add/Remove programs, you can perform the steps below:
This is specific to the 6.0.1079 agent. It may work for other versions of the agent, but the strings below will be different as they are unique to the installer.
For an agent that is already installed:
Open regedit.exe and:
For a 32 bit system, go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{DA9986AF-E65B-498D-A8D7-7247980F6C2E}
For a 64 bit system, go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{DA9986AF-E65B-498D-A8D7-7247980F6C2E}
Find SystemComponent and change the value to: 0
Other options:
1. A batch file could be used that modifies the registry key for the 6.0.1079 agent.
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{DA9986AF-E65B-498D-A8D7-7247980F6C2E} /t REG_DWORD /v SystemComponent /d 0 /f
For more detail: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc742162.aspx
2. Make the change using a .reg file, and that would look like this:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{DA9986AF-E65B-498D-A8D7-7247980F6C2E}]
"SystemComponent "=dword:0
For more detail: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310516
