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How to handle software nonMSI removals that say they succeed but don't?

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Craig Mohr

I am running into situations multiple times were I go to remove a program through inventory that was not installed via MSI and the uninstall appears to run and I get a result code of zero but the program remains. My latest attempt was qbittorrent which is most annoying since thats a nono on the company PC. Is there another way to achieve these removals?

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    Colby Bouma

    Installers and uninstallers almost always need 1 or more parameters to run silently. The most common one is /S, but there are many others. You may have to look at the program's documentation.

    https://www.pdq.com/blog/silently-uninstall-just-about-anything/

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    Craig Mohr

    Ok apparently it's past my nap time. I thought I tried that and apparently did not. Works for qbt. Will try it on a couple other stubborn problem apps tomorrow. Thanks for your help.

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