Stuck on "removing managed software"

Question

I have a shop that has around 4000 different products, split over lots of different attributes. However, i'd like to add attributes to these products using a csv import -without- the attributes themselves being used to create more variations.

During my experimentation, i found that any new attributes i added to the header of the csv, as mentioned in the official schema documents will automatically tick the "Used for variations" box. I'm looking for a way for this to -not- happen. There's no mention of it on their documentation. Would the best way be to create a custom column and adjust the importers logic based on that field? Or is there something more obvious that i'm not seeing.

Solution

This did the trick:

enter regedit and find navigate to the following:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\Appmgmt

Then find the correct key, this is easy to do by looking at each key’s “Deployment Name“. Once you have found the correct key simply delete it and reboot. The computer will boot normally now and you can then remove the offending software via Control Panel.

Source: http://philipwilmot.co.uk/blog/2009/12/remove-failed-removal-of-deployed-software/

Comments

[Force Flow]

This is server 2008, not a client O/S, plus this is for software pushed out for group policy. The registry entry is in a different place than for what you described for XP/vista.

[miCRoSCoPiCeaRthLinG]

Perfect solution. Did the trick for me even on a Windows Server 2012 VM.