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How to use msiexec.exe to remove a Windows installer

We have a Windows installer package, sample.msi. To install the package we are using

msiexec /i sample.exec /qr


To uninstall the same package, the below code is used.

msiexec /x sample.exec /qr


When we use /x it deletes all the files in the associated directory which is created. We want to retain all the contents in the directory. How is that possible?

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