Command Line/Script to Remove/Uninstall Program that can only be removed from Add or Remove Programs

[Conan Kelly]

Hello all,



I need to come up with a command line/script to uninstall a program that can

only be removed from Add or Remove Programs.



Can anyone point me in the right direction to

websites/tutorials/walk-thru's.



Thanks for any help anyone can provide,



Conan Kelly







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"Smokin' weed kills your brain cells. Drinkin' only screws up your

liver...ya got 2 a those."

- Earl Hickey (NBC's "My Name is Earl")





If Milli Vanilli falls in the woods, does someone else make a sound?

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

"Conan Kelly" wrote in message

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> Hello all,

>

> I need to come up with a command line/script to uninstall a program that

> can only be removed from Add or Remove Programs.

>

> Can anyone point me in the right direction to

> websites/tutorials/walk-thru's.

>

> Thanks for any help anyone can provide,

>

> Conan Kelly

>

>

>

> ---------------------------

> "Smokin' weed kills your brain cells. Drinkin' only screws up your

> liver...ya got 2 a those."

> - Earl Hickey (NBC's "My Name is Earl")

>

>

> If Milli Vanilli falls in the woods, does someone else make a sound?

>



I believe that you can remove programs by executing the data you will find

against values called "UninstallString" in the registry. You will find them

in HKLM. They can be quite complex, e.g. UninstallString=MsiExec.exe

/I{D2DA04C5-5035-4CE1-8CA7-94FAF280E68B}. I have never tried the technique.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

See the 'Security Update Deployment | Windows XP (all editions) | Removal

Information' section of any Security Bulletin (e.g.,

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-030.mspx).



If you need a bigger clue, see

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372104(VS.85).aspx





Conan Kelly wrote:

> Hello all,

>

> I need to come up with a command line/script to uninstall a program that

> can

> only be removed from Add or Remove Programs.

>

> Can anyone point me in the right direction to

> websites/tutorials/walk-thru's.

>

> Thanks for any help anyone can provide,

>

> Conan Kelly

>

>

>

> ---------------------------

> "Smokin' weed kills your brain cells. Drinkin' only screws up your

> liver...ya got 2 a those."

> - Earl Hickey (NBC's "My Name is Earl")

>

>

> If Milli Vanilli falls in the woods, does someone else make a sound?