I have authored the PowerShell Uninstall script. It gives the ability for IT Operations / ConfigMgr Admins to uninstall multiple versions of a particular software with one process.
Does your organization struggle when trying to cleanup software when standardizing on a application version? I.E. Oracle Java, Adobe Flash, RightFax, IBM products, etc… Not all the versions you have are in ConfigMgr / SCCM or not in the application model? If the answer is yes, the PowerShell Uninstall script is for you.
The PowerShell Uninstall script takes inputs from a CSV file. Using the delimiter of “^”, don’t worry I have included a Excel file to build your CSV.
Since by nature when uninstalling legacy software there maybe pre-or post- process you must run. The PowerShell Uninstall script has functions to call a PowerShell script before or after the uninstall logic.
The PowerShell Uninstall script also includes a Boolean to create the script as an ConfigMgr / SCCM Application. In which you can attach to other programs for requirements.
To detect the PowerShell Uninstall script, have ConfigMgr / SCCM check existence of “%SystemDrive%\Program Files\Pomeroy\AppName”. It will be an empty directory. For the uninstall just use the command “rmdir /Q /S %SystemDrive%\Program Files\Pomeroy\AppName”
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