Remote uninstall software via powershell super user. Curated list of commonly used quality software everything from steam and itunes to putty and eclipse likely has most, if not all of the major free applications you use on a. Solved uninstalling software silently over the network software. The company has released a new version of this application, and i am trying to write a windows powershell script to uninstall the old application. We have a dumb application that we have to use at work. For what seems like forever, microsoft has given us an option within the control panel to uninstall unwanted applications. The last step in the process is to uninstall the package. Microsoft scripting guy ed wilson talks about using windows powershell 5. Hi guys, i am trying to uninstall an application on a remote server using uninstallstring, a property of getitemproperty cmdlet in powershell, but failing to do so. How to remotely uninstall and install a program using. To install a software application silently, then you must add a switch at the end of the powershell command s, this will install the application silently in your system. I have also tried suggestions explained in another thread, click here to access the thread, however, my following script still do not uninstall the program, so please have a look.
Gathering installed software using powershell microsoft certified. You can refer to the examples below to remove inbox apps from your device, just replace sampleappname with the name of the app that you want to. Create an integrated up to date windows 7 install disc hal9000 updated 3 months ago windows 421 comments windows 10 has been out since 2015 and is now the most used windows operating system. Scripting blog a place to learn about powershell and. I want to do a silent uninstall so they do not realize what just happened and forget that its even there. Use the uninstall method to remove the selected software.
Search for and uninstall software on remote or local computer via powershell this script searches for and attempts to uninstall a piece of software by product name. In fact, if you want powershell to display all of the various programs listed within the control panel, you can simply replace the program name with an asterisk. Powershell can help us in gathering the software on a local or. The uninstall task starts to run and immediately restarts the remote server in question to complete the uninstallation. Create an integrated up to date windows 7 install disc. For this, microsoft conveniently provides a cmdlet called uninstallpackage. Uninstall almost any app using this powershell module linkedin. If the installer uininstaller does not have a silent option, there is nothing posh can do. Powershell script to uninstall software on remote computer com powershell script to uninstall software on remote. How to uninstall programs using powershell life of a. The company has released a new version of this application, and i am trying to write a windows powershell script to uninstall the old applicationthe problem is that i need to find. You may want to experiment with using vbscript or powershell, as they have better options for.
Just to many unwanted software that spiceworks picked up. How to remotely uninstall and install a program using powershell. Powershell script to install and uninstall software. I upgraded all my clients win 7 and above to powershell v5 and it adds most the functionality that windows 10 has. Learn how to use windows powershell to get software installation locations, and to uninstall software from remote computers hey, scripting guy. Use powershell to find and uninstall software scripting blog.
Powershell is just one of those tools for windows that continues to get better and better in uses you find on a day to day basis. How to uninstall windows 10 inbox apps using powershell. In honor the 4th of july, i present tron, who fights for the user automated disinfectcleanup package self. Solved uninstall a program via powershell spiceworks. This contains the command to execute to uninstall the program. In honor the 4th of july, i present tron, who fights for. How to uninstall apps using powershell on windows 10. Powershell unable to uninstall silently stack overflow. Powershell script to uninstall software on remote computer. Sometimes it is the little things that make life easier. It queries the sccm clients wmi class for the product, finds the uninstall string and executes the uninstall string. If you dont have a software deployment tool, such as pdq deployment, uninstalling programs from a remote computer could be quite painful.
Judging by bradleys comments, the software giant was as clueless about what had gone wrong as the hapless users. The commands mentioned above will remove the camera app from windows 10, but you can use the same steps to uninstall any microsoft store app. If you have powershell v5, you can also use the getpackage uninstall package cmdlets. You can find the uninstall string in the registry and then execute it remotely using psexec or powershell remoting if you prefer.
157 570 124 156 567 704 1413 1381 1472 917 547 1081 585 129 406 349 126 371 624 224 1402 199 177 508 372 494 392 725 1251 758 625 103 823