Monday, October 5, 2015

Uninstalling McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise with force



If you get the following error when Uninstalling McAfee, '' McAfee Agent cannot be removed while it’s in managed mode'', do the following;
  1. Click Start, Run, cmd ( run As Administrator) and type the following commands:
   cd C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\Common Framework
   frminst.exe /forceuninstall

NOTE: The path will vary depending on the version and whether you installed McAfee Agent as an upgrade or clean install. Use Windows Explorer to determine the correct path.
( in windows 10 : C:\Program Files\McAfee\Agent\x86)
  1. Restart the system to remove McAfee Agent processes from memory and complete the deletion of file.