Operation name: Deactivatefeature

Deactivates a feature in the feature collection.

Syntax

stsadm -o deactivatefeature

-filename

-name <feature folder>

-id <feature ID>

[-url] <URL name>

[-force]

Parameters

Parameter	Value	Required?	Description
filename	A valid file path, such as "MyFeature\Feature.xml"	Yes	Path to feature must be a relative path to the 12\Template\Features directory. Can be any standard character that the Windows system supports for a file name. Note: If the feature file is not found on disk, the following error message is returned: "Failed to find the XML file at location '12\Template\Features\<file path>'."
name	Name of the feature directory, such as “MyFeature”	Yes	Name of the feature to deactivate
id	A valid GUID, such as “21d186e1-7036-4092-a825-0eb6709e9281”	Yes	GUID that identifies the feature definition to remove Note: If the ID is specified but the feature does not exist, the following error message is displayed: "The feature with Id '<id>' is not currently installed. Use 'force' to deactivate it at this scope."
url	A valid URL, such as http://server_name	Yes	URL of the site collection or Web site to which the feature is being deactivated
force	<none>	No	Specifies that a deactivation of the feature will be forced.

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M. Hassan Raza ... Robert S. Tucker | Edit | Show History

Wrong::

Stsadm.exe -o deactivatefeature -filename "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\ViewFormPagesLockDown\feature.xml" -url http://servername/

The above doesnt work, but using the RELATIVE location of feature.xml does work. e.g. translate the above to:

Right:

Stsadm.exe -o deactivatefeature -filename "\ViewFormPagesLockDown\feature.xml" -url http://servername/