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Matt Ayres

Hi there... I am finding myself having to uninstall multiple varying versions of the same software... Creating a deploy package doesnt really save my time because there are so many different version!!

Is there no way to easily, from a dynamic collection of Application name contains.. Uninstall the application regardless of which version is installed?

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  • Matt Ayres

    This is for an MSIExec package btw

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  • Christian Bacher

    That's easy because a MSI package provides a uninstall string:

    CMD Step:

    wmic product where "name like 'Adobe Flash Player%%'" call uninstall

    Replace 'Adobe Flash Player%%' with 'your_application%%'

    Example:

    wmic product where "name like 'Microsoft Visual C++%%'" call uninstall

    removes all C++ Versions like:

    Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable

    Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729

    Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219

    Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.40660

    Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x86) - 14.0.24215

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  • Colby Bouma

    It's generally not a good idea to use WMIC to uninstall programs like that. I'm having trouble finding the link I'm thinking of, but if I recall correctly WMIC reconfigures all applications when you do this. I recommend looking at our Uninstall packages in the Package Library. We enumerate the Registry to look for the GUID and pass that to MsiExec.

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  • Christian Bacher

    "We enumerate the Registry to look for the GUID and pass that to MsiExec."

    Hi Colby,

    that's excatly what WMIC does, looking for the uninstall string with the GUID from the registry and run him. Try it and look in the log file.

    In therory you could use wmic to uninstall non msi packages too, but the missing individual /silent parameters are breaking a uninstall.

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  • Colby Bouma

    I talked to a coworker to clarify what I was trying to remember. It does reconfigure all applications (event ID 1035 in the Application log), but it's probably fine. There's a possibility of it messing with some timestamps and some poorly written applications may misbehave after being reconfigured. We call MsiExec with a GUID because it has fewer side effects.

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  • Brad McClave

    Scripts help. I use this one for Java (sorry it's not up to date ATM). When a new version comes out, I just add the previous version to the top of the list.

        :: Sun / Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Uninstallation Script

 REM JavaFX 2.1.1
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {1111706F-666A-4037-7777-211328764D10} /qn /norestart
 REM JavaFX 2.1.0
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {1111706F-666A-4037-7777-210328764D10} /qn /norestart 
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 171
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F32180171F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F64180171F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 162
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F32180162F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F64180162F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 161
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F32180161F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F64180161F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 152
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F32180152F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F64180152F0} /qn /norestart 
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 151
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F32180151F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F64180151F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 144
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F32180144F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F64180144F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 141
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F32180141F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F64180141F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 131
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F32180131F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F64180131F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 121
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F32180121F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F64180121F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 112
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F32180112F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F64180112F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 111
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F32180111F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F64180111F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 102
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F32180102F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F64180102F0} /qn /norestart 
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 101
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F32180101F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F64180101F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 92
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83218092F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86418092F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 91
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83218091F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86418091F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 77
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83218077F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86418077F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 74
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83218074F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86418074F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 73
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83218073F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86418073F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 72
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83218072F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86418072F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 71
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83218071F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86418071F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 66
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83218066F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86418066F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 65
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83218065F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86418065F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 60
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83218060F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86418060F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 51
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83218051F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86418051F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 45
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83218045F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86418045F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 40
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83218040F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86418040F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 31
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83218031F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86418031F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 8 Update 25
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86418025F0} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83218025F0} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 7 Update 67
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F06417067FF} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F03217067FF} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 7 Update 65
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F06417065FF} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F03217065FF} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 7 Update 60
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F06417060FF} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F03217060FF} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 7 Update 55
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86417055FF} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83217055FF} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 7 Update 51
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86417051FF} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83217051FF} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 7 Update 45
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86417045FF} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83217045FF} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 7 Update 40
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83217040FF} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86417040FF} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 7 Update 25
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86417025FF} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83217025FF} /qn /norestart
 REM JRE Runtime Environment 7 Update 21
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F86417021FF} /qn /norestart
 start /wait MsiExec.exe /uninstall {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83217021FF} /qn /norestart
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