Comments on: Why Isn’t Add/Remove Programs Better? http://halr9000.com/article/675 (powershell & other stuff) Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: jachymko http://halr9000.com/article/675/comment-page-1#comment-7009 jachymko Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:10:20 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/675#comment-7009 actually, you can search in Vista and it also loads much faster... :) actually, you can search in Vista and it also loads much faster… :)

]]> By: halr9000 http://halr9000.com/article/675/comment-page-1#comment-6993 halr9000 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:06:45 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/675#comment-6993 Yes, I'm well-versed with Karl's PowerShell ThinApp trick, he shared it with me privately before he'd blogged about it. I'm trying to figure out a way to get a ThinApp license myself. :) Yes, I’m well-versed with Karl’s PowerShell ThinApp trick, he shared it with me privately before he’d blogged about it. I’m trying to figure out a way to get a ThinApp license myself. :)

]]> By: MrTomahawk http://halr9000.com/article/675/comment-page-1#comment-6992 MrTomahawk Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:53:48 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/675#comment-6992 Sorry for not providing you the link, I was posting from an iPhone which makes it kind of hard. Thanks Steve for finding the link. Whenever I run into something that doesn't uninstall cleanly or I can't seem to uninstall I typically use the SVS so I can get a snapshot of exactly what files and registry keys are added from an install so I know what to remove from a host that may not have SVS on them. Honestly I wish I could VMware's ThinApp since its agentless, but I don't have a license and its not free. Have you seen Karl Prosser's posting on portable Powershell? If not I highly recommend it it's really interesting how he was able to package the .Net framework along with the Powershell. Sorry for not providing you the link, I was posting from an iPhone which makes it kind of hard. Thanks Steve for finding the link. Whenever I run into something that doesn’t uninstall cleanly or I can’t seem to uninstall I typically use the SVS so I can get a snapshot of exactly what files and registry keys are added from an install so I know what to remove from a host that may not have SVS on them. Honestly I wish I could VMware’s ThinApp since its agentless, but I don’t have a license and its not free. Have you seen Karl Prosser’s posting on portable Powershell? If not I highly recommend it it’s really interesting how he was able to package the .Net framework along with the Powershell.

]]> By: halr9000 http://halr9000.com/article/675/comment-page-1#comment-6991 halr9000 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:05:24 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/675#comment-6991 Thanks David! Thanks David!

]]> By: David Moravec http://halr9000.com/article/675/comment-page-1#comment-6990 David Moravec Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:30:38 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/675#comment-6990 Hi, As Win32_Product is not functional for PowerShell - as it's KB - I used this one-liner (Win XP): Get-WmiObject Win32_QuickFixEngineering -filter "Description = 'Windows PowerShell(TM) 1.0'" |% {Invoke-Expression "C:\WINDOWS\`$NtUninstall$($_.HotFixID)`$\spuninst\spuninst.exe"} I also created PowerGUI script. It works but this one-liner is much better (for this usage). Hi,
As Win32_Product is not functional for PowerShell – as it’s KB – I used this one-liner (Win XP):
Get-WmiObject Win32_QuickFixEngineering -filter “Description = ‘Windows PowerShell(TM) 1.0′” |% {Invoke-Expression “C:\WINDOWS\`$NtUninstall$($_.HotFixID)`$\spuninst\spuninst.exe”}

I also created PowerGUI script. It works but this one-liner is much better (for this usage).

]]> By: halr9000 http://halr9000.com/article/675/comment-page-1#comment-6989 halr9000 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:51:27 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/675#comment-6989 Awesome, thanks Steve. Awesome, thanks Steve.

]]> By: Steve Murawski http://halr9000.com/article/675/comment-page-1#comment-6988 Steve Murawski Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:19:27 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/675#comment-6988 http://www.symantec.com/community/node/86 http://www.symantec.com/community/node/86

]]> By: Steve Murawski http://halr9000.com/article/675/comment-page-1#comment-6987 Steve Murawski Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:57:07 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/675#comment-6987 I second Revo Uninstaller and CCleaner. I second Revo Uninstaller and CCleaner.

]]> By: halr9000 http://halr9000.com/article/675/comment-page-1#comment-6986 halr9000 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:23:46 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/675#comment-6986 Is it still free for home use since Symantec? Got a URL? Is it still free for home use since Symantec? Got a URL?

]]> By: MrTomahawk http://halr9000.com/article/675/comment-page-1#comment-6985 MrTomahawk Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:10:29 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/675#comment-6985 The original Add/Remove in XP used a HTA and JSript embedded in a .dll file (I forget which but you can find it e Process Explorer). You can easily extract this code using Resource Hacker, and then you could easily add/modify it to your liking. I started to do this a couple years ago, loading in some effects from the Scriptaculous JS library, but I never got around to finishing it. Really it was so much easier for me remove things as soon I started virtualizing them into Altiris SVS pacakages (right-click Delete), and for home it's free. You can't beat that. The original Add/Remove in XP used a HTA and JSript embedded in a .dll file (I forget which but you can find it e Process Explorer). You can easily extract this code using Resource Hacker, and then you could easily add/modify it to your liking. I started to do this a couple years ago, loading in some effects from the Scriptaculous JS library, but I never got around to finishing it. Really it was so much easier for me remove things as soon I started virtualizing them into Altiris SVS pacakages (right-click Delete), and for home it’s free. You can’t beat that.

]]> By: Jeffrey Snover http://halr9000.com/article/675/comment-page-1#comment-6984 Jeffrey Snover Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:04:39 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/675#comment-6984 I use this: wmic product where Name='Windows PowerShell(TM) V2 (MS Internal Only)' call uninstall Jeffrey Snover [MSFT] Windows Management Partner Architect Visit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at: http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShell Visit the Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx I use this:

wmic product where Name=’Windows PowerShell(TM) V2 (MS Internal Only)’ call uninstall

Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]
Windows Management Partner Architect
Visit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at: http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShell
Visit the Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx

]]> By: Mark Schill http://halr9000.com/article/675/comment-page-1#comment-6983 Mark Schill Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:31:25 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/675#comment-6983 CCleaner and Revo Uninstaller are two apps that I use. CCleaner and Revo Uninstaller are two apps that I use.

]]> By: karl prosser http://halr9000.com/article/675/comment-page-1#comment-6982 karl prosser Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:41:16 +0000 http://halr9000.com/article/675#comment-6982 a powershell script, but that would be a bit odd when trying to remove powershell ;) a powershell script, but that would be a bit odd when trying to remove powershell ;)

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