Re: Using WMI Scripting to Uninstall Acrobat Reader using Win32_Produc

Not Program Files.

But subfolder e.g. darn stupid c:\Program Files\IamWithStupid\woah.exe

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run regclean


http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?q=regclean&l=en&OtherSite=&mkt=en-US&FORM=QBMA




"asdf" <asdf@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Remove/Rename that install folder e.g. Program Files.

run regclean.exe

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"bhall" <bhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello!

I'm trying to remove all versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader where the name
matches "Adobe Reader" except for "Adobe Reader for Pocket PC".

The following script works to uninstall everything matching "Adobe
Reader":
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strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer &
"\root\cimv2")

Set colSoftware = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Product Where Name LIKE '%Adobe Reader%'")
For Each objSoftware in colSoftware
objSoftware.Uninstall()
Next
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However, I can't figure out how to exclude everything matching "Adobe
Reader
for Pocket PC". I tried doing something like:
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("Select * from Win32_Product Where Name LIKE '%Adobe Reader%' AND NOT
LIKE
'%Adobe Reader for Pocket PC%'")
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But that didn't work. When using WQL queries, it seems that it is
difficult
if not impossible to exclude a string from your query. If anyone else
has
any insights, please share. I found the following links somewhat
helpful,
although I'm still not sure how to tackle this:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/win2003/like.mspx,


http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/like_operator.asp

Thanks in advance!


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