The uninstall task starts to run and immediately restarts the remote server in question to complete the uninstallation. This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. To uninstall software using the method below, the software needs to have been installed using an msi file. How to remotely uninstall and install a program using powershell. Remote uninstall software via powershell super user.
Script search for and uninstall software on remote or. However, if you need to start a process remotely startprocess will leave you wanting. Guest blogger, marc carter, reprises his popular blog post about locating installed software microsoft scripting guy, ed wilson, is here. Remote uninstall script uninstalling all software on remote machine so i have this script that should go though a list of computers and uninstall a userdefined program. Dont forget to remove the session when youre done by using removepssession. The most trivial way to upload a binary file to an ftp server using powershell. Ironically, i dont have this problem when using the team viewer app on the same phone. Getfiles remotepath as string, localpath as string, optional remove as. Using wmi it takes longer time registry is lot better path 32bithklm. Powershell commandscript to uninstall software on a. Look for ftp server in the list, click on it and then click uninstall to initiate the uninstallation. The question is, what is the proper way to silently uninstall a package on a remote computer on the company network using psexec. Search for and uninstall software on remote or local computer via powershell this script searches for and attempts to uninstall a piece of software by product name. If, however, i log onto the remote server, manually uninstall and reinstall using the.
Copying files via the command line with powershell copyitem is a simple task. Use powershell to find installed software scripting blog. Net including aws tools for powershell must be installed on the computer before running the software installation script. Powershell script to uninstall software on remote computer com powershell script to uninstall software on remote. I got this script from this site in this script i have some issues that was as follow 1. Its time to uninstall a application using powershell. Here is a quick and convenient way to check for installed versions of. I will need to remove a software from more than 30 windows 2003 servers once i confirmed it has the memory leaking bug.
Below is the powershell script to unstall the software application from the remote computer. To uninstall an application we simply need to save the wmi object and call. Script can try to enable windows powershell remoting using microsoft sysinternals psexec with the paramenter enablepsremoting. I already have the command to uninstall and install the software which i have been testing i just need help putting this altogether in a powershell script since i am in a bit of a time crunch and what would take be days to figure out a e. The software inventory view provides almost the same information that you can see in the windows programs and features, so the same way you can uninstall software from the windows programs and features, you can uninstall it remotely using remote installer. This is the part where wrapping the uninstall command with powershell comes in really handy. Remote uninstall script uninstalling all software on.
By adding the remove parameter, also deletes feature files, or payload, from a computer. Click on view installed updates in programs and features d. Install adobe reader dc with powershell powershell. In this script, you need to give the ip address or the computer name of the target system, in whihc yuo are going to uninstall the software.
It queries the sccm clients wmi class for the product, finds the uninstall string and executes the uninstall string. Powershell script to uninstall software on remote computer powershell script to uninstall software on remote. The technique that i just showed you is the generally accepted way of removing applications from a windows desktop using powershell. How to uninstall programs using powershell life of a. Using psexec to silently uninstall a package on a remote. It is instead uninstalling way more software than im asking it to, im assuming all of it, but i havent let the script run long enough to find out. The main advantage of psexec is the ability to invoke the interactive commandline interface on remote computers and remotely run programs in the background or the interactive mode and. Now that we have a list of the programs installed find the one you want to remove and move on to the next step. Although during testing, some applications listed as being available for silent.
Powershell commandscript to uninstall software on a remote machine i have been working this for a couple days now, and no matter how i run this and work it, it seems to uninstall the program via powershell and returns the success code. Must appear as shown in add remove programs case insenstive. Uninstall software on a remote computer lazynetworkadmin. Upload files with ftp using powershell stack overflow. Uninstalls specified windows server roles, role services, and features from a computer that is running windows server 2012 r2.
Marc carter is joining us again today with another guest blog post. I understand that when i run my script on such a mac. In the module are even functions for removing adding reading folders and. Since this is a standard deployment method for most commercial packages, this should not be too problematic. You will need the remote registry service you can start this remotely from the services console and wmi service running on the remote machine. Target computer must allow windows powershell remoting. This cmdlet replaces removewindowsfeature, the cmdlet that was used to uninstall. Most of computer programs have an executable file named uninst000. I have looked into the control panel view updates and power shell is not listed i have a fresh install of windows 7 pro and wanted to learn power shell scripting but would like to use version 2. However, i have two java packages, java 8 update and java auto updater, on my machine. Jackie chen microsoft, scripting august 3, 2011 1 minute. The below block of script will take a computer name, your username and password, connect to the remote computer. I purposely chose not to use the powershell app deployment toolkit because, although very powerful, i find that nearly every piece of software is different and i would have had to.
Solved uninstall a program via powershell spiceworks. That fact leads me to believe that it is a problem with the pulseway android app. Use the uninstall method to remove the selected software. Looking back a couple years ago to my previous post, use powershell to quickly find installed software, i find it interesting to reflect on common issues shared amongst the it. Recently, i had the need to remove software updates from windows. Powershell script to uninstall software on remote computer powershell script to uninstall software on remote computer. How to uninstall programs using powershell slashadmin \ life in it. How to uninstall powershell windows 7 microsoft community. Powershell query installed software on remote computers. This cmdlet replaces removewindowsfeature, the cmdlet that was used to. Using powershell to run a program uninstall and installs. Using powershell to remove and reinstall iis with all the components that autodesk vault server requires. Filename can be replaced with wildcard to select multiple files.
The psexec allows you to run programs and processes on remote systems, using all the features of the interactive interface of console applications, without having to manually install the client software. How to uninstall software from remote pcs using the. To the right of each application name will be true or false which indicates true indicates that the application is available for silent uninstall false indicates that the application is not available for silent uninstall. If you dont have a software deployment tool, such as pdq deployment, uninstalling programs from a remote computer could be quite painful. To make the job easier, i prefer to use script as always. If psexec is not found on computer, script asks to the user for download it and extract in system folder. Post installation, my script also overwrites the i file with an ini file containing the correct settings, taken from a server on which a manual. Use powershell to get a list of installed software from remote computers this is just a quick reference for anyone trying to quickly pull off a list of installed software from a remote machine. Pschildname match s\pl select pschildname, version, release pschildname version release v2. If i run the same uninstall command in cmd or powershell as admin then it works. The software inventory object will list all applications installed on the device.
And if you ever use a different flavor of ftp, youre just piping to a different program. Open a powershell session and type the following command. Right click on update which reads powershell and uninstall it. Use powershell to get a list of installed software from. Powershell script to uninstall software on remote computer. Powershell script to install and uninstall software. I found that i was doing the same thing over and over again so i decided to create a base script to allow me to feed it a software title and uninstall all instances.