Uninstall software remote pcs

There are so many "remote" parameters the admin Domain admin for example needs to know Any spelling mistakes and you may screw up the remote PC Then if you link PDQ deploy with the inventory software like PDQ Inventory reports or collection lists , then you can easily remove the installed software with a few clicks.

Calling the Product class like that might cause you problems and is generally not recommended, see these posts for more details:. If you can't rely on Powershell or other tools then there is this script which is implemented in vbscript and works well:.

Hi Peter. I will take extreme caution in testing these as a few comments above advise against this method. In any event I appreciate your sharing this routine. Guys, thank you for your feedback. But there are situations when the administrator does not want to use third-party software for financial reasons, or because this is prohibited in the company, etc.

And then you have to use standard tools. But here again, everything depends on the administrators. Some of them simply do not want to work with PowerShell and Vbscript and do not want to learn it, because they are used to work with WMIC.

In any case, KB is exploratory in nature and is an alternative to scripts and third-party software. It is also possible that I forgot to mention in this guide that before using any tools and solutions unfamiliar to you, it is absolutely necessary to perform a backup. Learn Windows General Windows. General Windows Best Practices Windows Peter Action1 This person is a verified professional.

You pop open a WMIC shell with appropriate permissions and enter the following command:. Which iterates through your list, skipping nodes that are invalid eg:machine is turned off and those that don't meet the criteria. You'll need to confirm 'y' that you want to uninstall on every node unless you use the nointeractive flag. Hopefully you've been intrigued by the potency of WMIC.

Though the command-line use of the uninstall call may not be commonly needed with software management tools, AD, etc Let's hope spiceworks takes its WMI implementation a step further in a future release and automates this for us;. It can definitely be a life-saver to make this happen without the user being bothered or needing to respond to any prompts.

How could I remove something like, for exampe, google toolbar when it doesnt show up in the list? I stand corrected, It is listed roeaman. I had a brain fart. Anyway thanks for the how to, works like a charm. Thanks, this worked great. Since I'm relatively new to SW, does it take a few network scans to fully report that the app is gone? The exception may be alerts - I'm unsure if alerts remain despite removal? Also, some applications will require a restart before the last vestiges of them are gone I just ran the test uninstall of Acrobat.

Great help and I cant wait to uninstall things on our network! Thanks for a great how-to. Thanks for that hint anders I've stuck it in the how-to and credited you. That tip may save someone some frustration:.

Again, a UNC path works well here. Run this against all the offending machines and you will soon have whatever issue concerned you well in hand.

Get immediate results. Take the necessary steps to fix all issues. Prerequisites To uninstall software using the method below, the software needs to have been installed using an MSI file.