Uninstall 5 Programs

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• Tuesday, June 19, 2012 9:46 PM

   

   
  

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  Ed Wilson has several articles to this effect. Here is a good primer in using the WMI classes/methods to remove software.

  http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/12/14/use-powershell-to-find-and-uninstall-software.aspx

  • Proposed As Answer by Stephen Correia - tumtum73 Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:12 PM
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• Wednesday, June 20, 2012 4:52 AM

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  Hi,

  $app = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object { 
      $_.Name -match "Software Name" 
  }
  $app.Uninstall()

  Regards,

  Yan Li

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  • Marked As Answer by Yan Li_Microsoft Contingent Staff, Moderator Friday, June 29, 2012 9:17 AM
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• Thursday, June 21, 2012 9:53 PM

   

   
  

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  Yeah, that'll uninstall one, but will that install five in a row if I separate them by a comma?
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• Thursday, June 21, 2012 9:59 PM

   

   
  

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  -match is a regular expression operator, so, depending on how your write it, yes, it could work. Another approach would be to pass it as an array with foreach:

  'app1','app2','app3','app4','app5' | % { 
    $name = $_;  
    $app = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object { 
      $_.Name -match $name
    }
    $app.Uninstall()
  }

  • Proposed As Answer by Yan Li_Microsoft Contingent Staff, Moderator Friday, June 22, 2012 2:40 AM
  • Marked As Answer by Yan Li_Microsoft Contingent Staff, Moderator Friday, June 29, 2012 9:17 AM
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