Re: Remotely Remove applications in Add/Remove

From: Kim Oppalfens (kim_at_computacenter.nospam)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 19:33:41 +0100

Uninstallation is basicly the same as installation as far as sms is
concerned. You just need to advertise the correct command line to
uninstall.

For programs in Add/remove programs this command line is usually fairly
easy to find. Just check the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
And in the subkeys search for the program and the uninstallstring value.

You will probably have to fidle around with the commandline a bit to
make the uninstall happen unattended try the /q or /s switches.

Kim Oppalfens
In article <F5E8F8F5-52B2-415D-913B-8F45C18EA619@microsoft.com>,
Morinic@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> I would have bet a large sum of money that I had read somewhere that SMS 2003
> could remotely remove applications that appeared in clients' Add/Remove
> programs list. Unfortunately I cannot find any information about enabling
> that.
>
> Was I wrong in reading that? If so, when will Microsoft create that
> feature. I would love to be able to create a policy to uninstall
> unauthorized applications such as Kazaa or other similar applications.
>
> Thanks,
> 

-- 
Kim Oppalfens
Proud father of Lennart Oppalfens 
Since 05/11/2004 08.53 GMT+1

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