Public/Uninstall-VcRedist.ps1
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function Uninstall-VcRedist { <# .EXTERNALHELP VcRedist-help.xml #> [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = "Manual", SupportsShouldProcess = $true, ConfirmImpact = "High", HelpURI = "https://vcredist.com/uninstall-vcredist/")] [OutputType([System.Management.Automation.PSObject])] [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("PSReviewUnusedParameter", "")] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position = 0, ParameterSetName = "Manual")] [ValidateSet("2005", "2008", "2010", "2012", "2013", "2015", "2017", "2019", "2022")] [System.String[]] $Release = @("2005", "2008", "2010", "2012", "2013", "2015", "2017", "2019", "2022"), [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position = 1, ParameterSetName = "Manual")] [ValidateSet("x86", "x64", "ARM64")] [System.String[]] $Architecture = @("x86", "x64"), [Parameter( Mandatory = $true, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline, ParameterSetName = "Pipeline", HelpMessage = "Pass a VcList object from Get-VcList.")] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [System.Management.Automation.PSObject] $VcList ) begin { # Get script elevation status [System.Boolean] $Elevated = ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator") if ($Elevated -eq $false) { $Msg = "Uninstalling the Visual C++ Redistributables requires elevation. The current Windows PowerShell session is not running as Administrator. Start Windows PowerShell by using the Run as Administrator option, and then try running the script again" throw [System.Management.Automation.ScriptRequiresException]::New($Msg) } } process { switch ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName) { "Manual" { # Get the installed VcRedists and filter Write-Verbose -Message "Getting locally installed Visual C++ Redistributables" $VcRedistsToRemove = Get-InstalledVcRedist | Where-Object { $Release -contains $_.Release } | Where-Object { $Architecture -contains $_.Architecture } } "Pipeline" { Write-Verbose -Message "Removing installed Visual C++ Redistributables passed via the pipeline" $VcRedistsToRemove = $VcList } } # Walk through each VcRedist and uninstall foreach ($VcRedist in $VcRedistsToRemove) { # We could be passed an object from Get-VcList or Get InstalledVcRedist if ([System.String]::IsNullOrEmpty($VcRedist.UninstallString) -eq $false) { $UninstallString = $VcRedist.UninstallString } elseif ([System.String]::IsNullOrEmpty($VcRedist.SilentUninstall) -eq $false) { $UninstallString = $VcRedist.SilentUninstall } if ([System.String]::IsNullOrEmpty($UninstallString)) { $Msg = "Cannot find uninstall string. Please check object passed to this function." throw [System.Management.Automation.PropertyNotFoundException]::New($Msg) } else { # Build the uninstall command switch -Regex ($UninstallString.ToLower()) { "^msiexec.*$" { Write-Verbose -Message "VcRedist uninstall uses Msiexec." $params = @{ FilePath = "$Env:SystemRoot\System32\msiexec.exe" ArgumentList = "/uninstall $($VcRedist.ProductCode) /quiet /norestart" PassThru = $true Wait = $true NoNewWindow = $true Verbose = $VerbosePreference } } default { $FilePath = [Regex]::Match($UninstallString, '\"(.*)\"').Captures.Groups[1].Value Write-Verbose -Message "VcRedist uninstall uses '$FilePath'." $params = @{ FilePath = $FilePath ArgumentList = "/uninstall /quiet /norestart" PassThru = $true Wait = $true NoNewWindow = $true Verbose = $VerbosePreference } } } if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($VcRedist.Name, "Uninstall")) { try { $Result = Start-Process @params $State = "Uninstalled" } catch [System.Exception] { Write-Warning -Message "Failure in uninstalling $($VcRedist.Name) $($VcRedist.Version) $($VcRedist.Architecture)" $State = "Failed" } finally { $Object = [PSCustomObject] @{ Name = $VcRedist.Name Version = $VcRedist.Version Release = $VcRedist.Release Architecture = $VcRedist.Architecture State = $State ExitCode = $Result.ExitCode } Write-Output -InputObject $Object } } } } } end { } } |