Installation
SDB files (databases), which we’d call shims, can easily be installed with the following command
sdbinst -q path_to_sdbfile
-q means quiet mode and the prompts for confirmation are auto accepted.
Another parameter used during installations is -p, which will allow SDBs containing patches. Not that common, though.
Once installed, there will be an entry in Add/Remove Programs, with the name given to the fix in the ACT (Application Compatibility Toolkit).
Uninstall
In order to uninstall a shim, sdbinst can be called with the following parameters
-q quiet mode, same as for the installation
-u File.sdb this will remove the shim installed by the provided SDB file
or
-u {guid} this will uninstall based on the guid
-n name this will uninstall based on the internal name (the one
Known issues
See what issues might occur when using sdbinst in our related article.