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September 21, 2016 20:40
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There was no universal uninstaller for the GroupWise client that functioned the way we needed, so this script will simply find the installation in the registry and run the uninstall via MSIEXEC.
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if (Test-Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall) { | |
$gwreg = Get-ChildItem HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall | foreach { | |
Get-ItemProperty $_.pspath | where { | |
$_.DisplayName -like '*GroupWise*' | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
else { | |
$gwreg = Get-ChildItem HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall | foreach { | |
Get-ItemProperty $_.pspath | where { | |
$_.DisplayName -like '*GroupWise*' | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
foreach ($gw in $gwreg) { | |
Write-Verbose "Removing version $($gw.DisplayVersion) of $($gw.DisplayName)" | |
Add-Content -Value "$(Get-Date)" -Path C:\LOGS\GWUninstall.log | |
Add-Content -Value "Attempting to remove version $($gw.DisplayVersion) of $($gw.DisplayName)" -Path C:\LOGS\GWUninstall.log | |
Add-Content -Value "`tMSI Key: $($gw.PSChildName)" -Path C:\LOGS\GWUninstall.log | |
Add-Content -Value "`r`n" -Path C:\LOGS\GWUninstall.log | |
$arguments = "/X$($gw.PSChildName) /qn /norestart /Limew `"C:\LOGS\$($gw.DisplayName).log`"" | |
$process = Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList $arguments -Wait -PassThru | |
if ($process.ExitCode -eq 1639) { | |
Add-Content -Value "Error 1639 - ERROR_INVALID_COMMAND_LINE" -Path C:\LOGS\GWUninstall.log | |
Add-Content -Value "Attempt #2 to remove version $($gw.DisplayVersion) of $($gw.DisplayName)" -Path C:\LOGS\GWUninstall.log | |
Add-Content -Value "`r`n" -Path C:\LOGS\GWUninstall.log | |
$arguments = "/X$($gw.PSChildName) /qn /norestart /Limew C:\LOGS\gw-pull.log" | |
$process = Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList $arguments -Wait -PassThru | |
} | |
if ($process.ExitCode -eq 0) { | |
Add-Content -Value "SUCCESS - Uninstall completed... :)" -Path C:\LOGS\GWUninstall.log | |
} | |
else { | |
Add-Content -Value "FAILED - Something went wrong! :(" -Path C:\LOGS\GWUninstall.log | |
} | |
Add-Content -Value "`r`n" -Path C:\LOGS\GWUninstall.log | |
} | |
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4124409/run-msiexec-from-powershell-and-get-return-code |
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