Command Line/Script to Remove/Uninstall Program that can only be removed from Add or Remove Programs

[Conan Kelly]

Hello all,

I need to come up with a command line/script to uninstall a program that can
only be removed from Add or Remove Programs.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to
websites/tutorials/walk-thru's.

Thanks for any help anyone can provide,

Conan Kelly



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"Smokin' weed kills your brain cells. Drinkin' only screws up your
liver...ya got 2 a those."
- Earl Hickey (NBC's "My Name is Earl")


If Milli Vanilli falls in the woods, does someone else make a sound?

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

Hello all,

I need to come up with a command line/script to uninstall a program that
can only be removed from Add or Remove Programs.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to
websites/tutorials/walk-thru's.

Thanks for any help anyone can provide,

Conan Kelly



---------------------------
"Smokin' weed kills your brain cells. Drinkin' only screws up your
liver...ya got 2 a those."
- Earl Hickey (NBC's "My Name is Earl")


If Milli Vanilli falls in the woods, does someone else make a sound?

I believe that you can remove programs by executing the data you will find
against values called "UninstallString" in the registry. You will find them
in HKLM. They can be quite complex, e.g. UninstallString=MsiExec.exe
/I{D2DA04C5-5035-4CE1-8CA7-94FAF280E68B}. I have never tried the technique.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

See the 'Security Update Deployment | Windows XP (all editions) | Removal
Information' section of any Security Bulletin (e.g.,
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-030.mspx).

If you need a bigger clue, see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372104(VS.85).aspx