New to PS. Please help with Uninstall-Package

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Hi Guys and Girls, I’m new both here and to PowerShell in general. I’ve been using it a fair bit for basic things recently and when you get the command right it just works.

However…

I have developed a need for using PowerShell commands to identify and remove a program from a fleet of computers.

This program is called “Intel(R) Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0”.

When I run: Get-Package -Provider Programs -IncludeWindowsInstaller -Name “Intel(R) Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0” I get the Name, Version and ProviderName listed:

Get-Package

Now, if I then run Uninstall-Package -Name Intel(R) Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 -Force nothing seems to happen, no process spike, nor any error in Powershell.

If I run Get-Package -Name “Intel(R) Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0” -RequiredVersion “1.0.0.1003” | Uninstall-Package -Force then I get the error

Get-Package : No package found for ‘Intel(R) Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0’.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-Package -Name “Intel(R) Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0” -Required …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power…lets.GetPackage:GetPackage) [Get-Package], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.GetPackage

Is anyone able to help me correct my ways and remove this once and for all, please?

Thank you

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Guess the insert image above didnt work…

It should have looked like:

 

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Package -Provider Programs -IncludeWindowsInstaller -Name “Intel(R) Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0”

Name Version Source ProviderName

Intel(R) Turbo Boost Max Te… 1.0.0.1033 Programs

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It’s saying it can’t find the package when specifying the requiredversion (the only difference shown in your examples) so what if you try

Get-Package -Provider Programs -IncludeWindowsInstaller -Name “Intel(R) Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0” | Uninstall-Package
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Ahhhh…!! I looked and looked and looked and never spotted the mistake in the version number. Thank you.

I did what you suggested and just removed that altogether and didn’t get the error this time but the program stubbornly remains intact and working.