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Use this to determine the uninstall strings for either a specific program, filter, or all programs
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<# | |
.Synopsis | |
Gets the uninstall string for a program. | |
.Description | |
Gets the uninstall string for a program, can be filtered to a key word of the programs display name. | |
.Inputs | |
System.String | |
.Outputs | |
System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject | |
.Parameter Name | |
System.String | |
The DisplayName of the software. | |
.Parameter Filter | |
System.String | |
Filter output based on the DisplayName property. | |
.Parameter ShowNulls | |
System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter | |
Returns software products with empty uninstall values. | |
.Example | |
PS C:\> Get-ProgramUninstallString -Name "Google Chrome" | |
Name Version Guid UninstallString | |
---- ------- ---- --------------- | |
Google Chrome 57.0.2987.110 {4F711ED6-6E14-3607-A3CA-E3282AFE87B6} MsiExec.exe /X{4F711ED6-6E14-3607-A3CA-E3282AFE87B6} | |
.Example | |
PS C:\> Get-ProgramUninstallString -Filter "Google*" | |
Name Version Guid UninstallString | |
---- ------- ---- --------------- | |
Google Chrome 57.0.2987.110 {4F711ED6-6E14-3607-A3CA-E3282AFE87B6} MsiExec.exe /X{4F711ED6-6E14-3607-A3CA-E3282AFE87B6} | |
Google Update Helper 1.3.32.7 {60EC980A-BDA2-4CB6-A427-B07A5498B4CA} MsiExec.exe /I{60EC980A-BDA2-4CB6-A427-B07A5498B4CA} | |
.Notes | |
None. | |
.Link | |
https://dotps1.github.io | |
.Link | |
https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Get-ProgramUninstallString | |
.Link | |
https://grposh.github.io | |
#> | |
[CmdletBinding( | |
DefaultParameterSetName = "ByName" | |
)] | |
[OutputType( | |
[PSCustomObject] | |
)] | |
param ( | |
[Parameter( | |
ParameterSetName = "ByName", | |
ValueFromPipeline = $true, | |
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true | |
)] | |
[Alias( | |
"DisplayName" | |
)] | |
[String[]] | |
$Name, | |
[Parameter( | |
ParameterSetName = "ByFilter" | |
)] | |
[String] | |
$Filter = "*", | |
[Parameter()] | |
[Switch] | |
$ShowNulls | |
) | |
begin { | |
try { | |
if (Test-Path -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node") { | |
$programs = Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*" -ErrorAction Stop | |
} | |
$programs += Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*" -ErrorAction Stop | |
$programs += Get-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::\HKEY_USERS\*\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | |
} catch { | |
Write-Error $_ | |
break | |
} | |
} | |
process { | |
if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq "ByName") { | |
foreach ($nameValue in $Name) { | |
$programs = $programs.Where({ | |
$_.DisplayName -eq $nameValue | |
}) | |
} | |
} else { | |
$programs = $programs.Where({ | |
$_.DisplayName -like "*$Filter*" | |
}) | |
} | |
if ($null -ne $programs) { | |
if (-not ($ShowNulls.IsPresent)) { | |
$programs = $programs.Where({ | |
-not [String]::IsNullOrEmpty( | |
$_.UninstallString | |
) | |
}) | |
} | |
$output = $programs.ForEach({ | |
[PSCustomObject]@{ | |
Name = $_.DisplayName | |
Version = $_.DisplayVersion | |
Guid = $_.PSChildName | |
UninstallString = $_.UninstallString | |
} | |
}) | |
Write-Output -InputObject $output | |
} | |
} |
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