Public/Uninstall-VcRedist.ps1
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Function Uninstall-VcRedist { <# .SYNOPSIS Uninstall the installed Visual C++ Redistributables on the local system .DESCRIPTION Uninstall the specified Release and/or Architecture of the installed Visual C++ Redistributables on the local system. .NOTES Author: Aaron Parker Twitter: @stealthpuppy .LINK https://stealthpuppy.com/VcRedist/install-vcredist.html .PARAMETER Release Specifies the release 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 -Confirm:$True Description: Uninstalls all installed x64, x86 2005-2019 Visual C++ Redistributables. .EXAMPLE Uninstall-VcRedist -Release 2008, 2010 -Confirm:$True Description: Uninstalls all installed x64, x86 2008 and 2010 Visual C++ Redistributables. #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $True, ConfirmImpact = "High", HelpURI = "https://stealthpuppy.com/VcRedist/uninstall-vcredist.html")] [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 } | Where-Object { $Architecture -contains $_.Architecture } # Walk through each VcRedist and uninstall ForEach ($VcRedist in $VcRedistsToRemove) { If ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("[$($VcRedist.Name)]", "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 { $result = Invoke-Process @invokeProcessParams } catch [System.Exception] { Write-Warning -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): Failure in uninstalling Visual C++ Redistributable." Write-Warning -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): Captured error (if any): [$result]." Throw "Failed to uninstall VcRedist $($VcRedist.Name)" 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 } } |