Public/Uninstall-VcRedist.ps1
Function Uninstall-VcRedist { <# .SYNOPSIS Uninstall all of the installed Visual C++ Redistributables on the local system .DESCRIPTION Installs the Visual C++ Redistributables from a list created by Get-VcList and downloaded locally with Get-VcRedist. .NOTES Author: Aaron Parker Twitter: @stealthpuppy .LINK https://docs.stealthpuppy.com/docs/vcredist/usage/installing-the-redistributables .PARAMETER Release Specifies the release (or version) of the redistributables to uninstall. .PARAMETER Architecture Specifies the processor architecture to of the redistributables to uninstall. Can be x86 or x64. .EXAMPLE Uninstall-VcRedist Description: Uninstalls installs all installed x64, x86 2005-2019 Visual C++ Redistributables. .EXAMPLE Uninstall-VcRedist -Release 2008, 2010 Description: Uninstalls installs all installed x64, x86 2008 and 2010 Visual C++ Redistributables. #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $True, ConfirmImpact = "High", HelpURI = "https://docs.stealthpuppy.com/docs/vcredist/usage/uninstalling-the-redistributables")] [OutputType([System.Management.Automation.PSObject])] [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("PSReviewUnusedParameter", "")] [CmdletBinding()] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $False, Position = 0)] [ValidateSet("2005", "2008", "2010", "2012", "2013", "2015", "2017", "2019")] [System.String[]] $Release = @("2005", "2008", "2010", "2012", "2013", "2015", "2017", "2019"), [Parameter(Mandatory = $False, Position = 1)] [ValidateSet("x86", "x64")] [System.String[]] $Architecture = @("x86", "x64") ) # Get the installed VcRedists and filter Write-Warning -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): Uninstalling Visual C++ Redistributables" Write-Verbose -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): Getting locally installed Visual C++ Redistributables" $VcRedistsToRemove = Get-InstalledVcRedist | Where-Object { $Release -contains $_.Release } $VcRedistsToRemove = $VcRedistsToRemove | Where-Object { $Architecture -contains $_.Architecture } # Walk through each VcRedist and uninstall ForEach ($VcRedist in $VcRedistsToRemove) { If ($pscmdlet.ShouldProcess("[$($VcRedist.Name), $($VcRedist.Architecture)]", "Uninstall")) { $invokeProcessParams = @{ FilePath = "$env:SystemRoot\System32\cmd.exe" } If ($Null -ne $VcRedist.QuietUninstallString) { $invokeProcessParams.ArgumentList = "/c $($VcRedist.QuietUninstallString)" Write-Verbose -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): VcRedist has quiet uninstall string." Write-Verbose -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): Uninstalling with: [$($VcRedist.QuietUninstallString)]." } Else { $invokeProcessParams.ArgumentList = "/c $($VcRedist.UninstallString) /quiet /noreboot" Write-Verbose -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): VcRedist does not have quiet uninstall string. Adding [/quiet]." Write-Verbose -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): Uninstalling with: [$($VcRedist.UninstallString)]." } try { Invoke-Process @invokeProcessParams } catch [System.Exception] { Write-Warning -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): Failure in uninstalling Visual C++ Redistributable." Throw $_.Exception.Message Continue } } } # Output remaining installed VcRedists to the pipeline $InstalledVcRedist = Get-InstalledVcRedist If ($Null -eq $InstalledVcRedist) { Write-Verbose -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): No VcRedists installed or all VcRedists uninstalled successfully." } Else { Write-Verbose -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): Output remaining installed VcRedists." Write-Output -InputObject $InstalledVcRedist } } |