McAfee ePO agent removed during client install

Installing or upgrading OfficeScan removes the McAfee ePO agent in the client machine

- Updated:
- 24 Nov 2016
- Product/Version:
- OfficeScan 10.6
- OfficeScan 11.0
- OfficeScan XG.All
- Platform:
- Windows 10 32-bit
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Windows 2003 Datacenter 64-bit
- Windows 2003 Enterprise
- Windows 2003 Enterprise 64-bit
- Windows 2003 Server R2
- Windows 2003 Standard
- Windows 2003 Standard 64-bit
- Windows 2008 Datacenter
- Windows 2008 Datacenter 64-bit
- Windows 2008 Enterprise
- Windows 2008 Enterprise 64-bit
- Windows 2008 Server Core
- Windows 2008 Server R2 Enterprise
- Windows 2008 Standard
- Windows 2008 Standard 64-bit
- Windows 2008 Web Server Edition
- Windows 2008 Web Server Edition 64-bit
- Windows 2012 Datacenter R2
- Windows 2012 Enterprise
- Windows 2012 Enterprise R2
- Windows 2012 Server Essential R2
- Windows 2012 Server Essentials
- Windows 2012 Standard
- Windows 2012 Standard R2
- Windows 2012 Web Server Edition
- Windows 7 32-Bit
- Windows 7 64-Bit
- Windows 8 32-Bit
- Windows 8 64-Bit
- Windows Vista 32-bit
- Windows Vista 64-bit
- Windows XP Home
- Windows XP Professional
- Windows XP Professional 64-bit

To prevent the uninstallation of McAfee ePO agent when installing or upgrading OfficeScan client:

On the OfficeScan server, go to the ..\Program Files\Trend Micro\Officescan\PCCSRV\Admin folder.
Look for and back up the tmuninst.ptn file.
Open the file using a text editor like Notepad. Comment out the entries below with a semicolon (;).
Here is a sample:
;[ePOAgent1000]
;ProductKey = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Network Associates\ePolicy Orchestrator\
Application Plugins\ePOAgent1000
;UninstallKey = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Network Associates\ePolicy Orchestrator\
Application Plugins\ePOAgent1000
;Platform = Win95 | Win98 | WinNT
;UnloadProgram = GenericUnload
;UninstProduct = UninstVirusScan45
;Support = 1

;[ePOAgent2000]
;ProductKey = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Network Associates\ePolicy Orchestrator\
Application Plugins\ePOAgent2000
;UninstallKey = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Network Associates\ePolicy Orchestrator\
Application Plugins\ePOAgent2000
;Platform = Win95 | Win98 | WinNT\
;UnloadProgram = GenericUnload
;UninstProduct = UninstVirusScan45
;Support = 1

;[ePOAgent3000]
;ProductKey = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Network Associates\ePolicy Orchestrator\
Application Plugins\ePOAgent3000
;UninstallKey = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Network Associates\ePolicy Orchestrator\
Application Plugins\ePOAgent3000
;Platform = Win95 | Win98 | WinNT
;UnloadProgram = GenericUnload
;UninstProduct = UninstVirusScan45
;Support = 1
Save and close the file.
Restart the OfficeScan Master Service.

If there are any other McAfee programs that require McAfee ePO Agent, this solution also works in preventing automatic uninstallation of McAfee ePO Agent during OfficeScan client installation or upgrade.

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Installing or upgrading OfficeScan removes the McAfee ePO agent in the client machine