Uninstall Wise program in silent mode

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Hi every one

I used this line to uninstall Wise in silent mode:

cmd.exe /c “c:\wise”\Unwise32.exe /s /z “c:\wise\INSTALL.log” Application uninstall

what is the equivalent in powershell i tried to use Start-Process but then i get error message " coulldnot open install.log file"

 

 

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Not sure about Wise but this is what I used. Note that not all programs have uninstall string in registry or can be uninstalled this way but you can try.

$uninstall32 = Get-ChildItem "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" `
| foreach { Get-ItemProperty $_.PSPath } | Where-Object {($_.displayname -like "*wise*")} | Select-Object UninstallString
$uninstall64 = gci "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" `
| ForEach-Object { Get-ItemProperty $_.PSPath } | Where-Object {($_.displayname -like "*wise*")} | Select-Object UninstallString

if ($uninstall64) {
$uninstall64 = $uninstall64.UninstallString -Replace "msiexec.exe","" -Replace "/I","" -Replace "/X",""
$uninstall64 = $uninstall64.Trim()
#Write-Host "Uninstalling..."
start-process "msiexec.exe" -arg "/X $uninstall64 /quiet /norestart" -Wait}
if ($uninstall32) {
$uninstall32 = $uninstall32.UninstallString -Replace "msiexec.exe","" -Replace "/I","" -Replace "/X",""
$uninstall32 = $uninstall32.Trim()
#Write-host "Uninstalling..."
start-process "msiexec.exe" -arg "/X $uninstall32 /quiet /norestart" -Wait}

also, you can try this

Get-Package *wise* | Uninstall-Package -Force -ForceBootstrap

 

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Powershell is - just like cmd - a command line shell. So remove the stuff cmd needs and run the command just like it is … and you may correct your weird quoting.

"c:\wise\Unwise32.exe" /s /z "c:\wise\INSTALL.log" Application uninstall
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[quote quote=226927]Not sure about Wise but this is what I used. Note that not all programs have uninstall string in registry or can be uninstalled this way but you can try.

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$uninstall32 = Get-ChildItem "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" `</div> <div class="ace_line" style="height: 17.600000381469727px;"><span class="ace_keyword ace_operator">|</span> <span class="ace_keyword">foreach</span> { <span class="ace_support ace_function">Get-ItemProperty</span> <span class="ace_identifier">$_</span>.<span class="ace_identifier">PSPath</span> } <span class="ace_keyword ace_operator">|</span> <span class="ace_identifier">Where-Object</span> {(<span class="ace_identifier">$_</span>.<span class="ace_identifier">displayname</span> <span class="ace_keyword ace_operator">-like</span> <span class="ace_string">"*wise*"</span>)} <span class="ace_keyword ace_operator">|</span> <span class="ace_support ace_function">Select-Object</span> <span class="ace_identifier">UninstallString</span></div> <div class="ace_line" style="height: 17.600000381469727px;"><span class="ace_variable ace_instance">$uninstall64</span> <span class="ace_keyword ace_operator">=</span> <span class="ace_identifier">gci</span> <span class="ace_string">"HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"</span> `
| ForEach-Object { Get-ItemProperty $_.PSPath } | Where-Object {($_.displayname -like "*wise*")} | Select-Object UninstallString
if ($uninstall64) {
$uninstall64 = $uninstall64.UninstallString -Replace "msiexec.exe","" -Replace "/I","" -Replace "/X",""
$uninstall64 = $uninstall64.Trim()
#Write-Host "Uninstalling..."
start-process "msiexec.exe" -arg "/X $uninstall64 /quiet /norestart" -Wait}
if ($uninstall32) {
$uninstall32 = $uninstall32.UninstallString -Replace "msiexec.exe","" -Replace "/I","" -Replace "/X",""
$uninstall32 = $uninstall32.Trim()
#Write-host "Uninstalling..."
start-process "msiexec.exe" -arg "/X $uninstall32 /quiet /norestart" -Wait}
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also, you can try this
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Get-Package *wise* | Uninstall-Package -Force -ForceBootstrap
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[/quote] I did not try your answer becasue i though one no need it for WISE uninstall but for another programms uninstall its very helpful.

Thanks alot

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[quote]
"c:\wise\Unwise32.exe" /s /z "c:\wise\INSTALL.log" Application uninstall
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Many thanks it works but one must usr call operator &

&“c:\wise\Unwise32.exe” /s /z “c:\wise\INSTALL.log”

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c:\wise\Unwise32.exe /s /z “c:\wise\INSTALL.log”