* This information is provided in the CRM 4.0 implementation guide.
Extending our earlier article on using the Auto Update feature to update CRM for Outlook clients, this article dives into the process for removing a patch that either had been mistakenly deployed, or no longer needed in the database.
Note, that this method does not actually remove a patch that has already been installed. Rather, the steps below removes the autoupdate patch link from the database.
The process is quiet simple.
1) Retrieve a copy of the PatchId for the update you want to removed.
See the initial article: Auto Update feature to find out how to retrieve the PatchId
2) Create an XML file as follows (e.g., Rollup6-remove.xml). Replace the PatchId with the update to be remove.
<ClientPatches>
<Delete>
<PatchId>{7E83D1E5-7B7A-45D1-8930-4FEFB4123B57}</PatchId>
</Delete>
</ClientPatches>
3) Issue the following command below to remove the update:
“C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server\Tools\Microsoft.Crm.Tools.ClientPatchConfigurator.exe” “c:\crmpatches\Rollup6\Rollup6-remove.xml”
Note: Change the path to the ClientPatchConfigurator utility and the path to the xml file as required.
