Uninstalling Applications in Server Core

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• Monday, August 27, 2007 7:48 PMAndrew Mason - MSFTMSFT, Owner

   
  

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  Hi,

   

  It depends on the application/program. If it is an MSI based install you can run: msiexec /uninstall <msi name>

   

  You can run msiexec /? to see all the options and syntax.

   

  Andrew

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• Monday, August 27, 2007 9:21 PMSander BerkouwerMVP

   
  

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  Sudhir,

   

  I've been thinking about this too and I came to the conclusion that there are actually four places to watch for the information that the "Add or Remove programs" Control Panel applet (appwiz.cpl) shows:

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
    (use regedit.exe or regedt32.exe to modify the registry)
  • wmic product (which only shows installed software through msiexec, fast but incomplete)
  • sc query type= driver (for installed drivers)
  • wmic qfe (for installed Windows updates)

  How to uninstall software depends on where you found the program to uninstall. Respectively you should:

  • Use the UninstallString registry value as commandline
  • Use msiexec /x package.msi (More info)
  • Use pnputil -u -f drivername.inf (More info)
  • Use Wusa.exe patchname.msu

   

  I hope this information helps.

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• Tuesday, August 28, 2007 6:12 AMSudhir_S

   
  

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  Hi,

   

  Thanks a lot for your inputs. I was able to uninstall the application using the UninstallString from the registry. Appreciate your inputs in helping us resolve this.

   

  Regards,

  Sudhir

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