Uninstall through batch file?

[Synapse]

well... this may be in the wrong section.. but this was my best guess..

anyone know how or if you can make a batch file too uninstall things most preferably silently... i wanna run my Restore CD's that came with my computer cause it takes about 10 minutes insted of an hour. and then run another CD that would run the installation of my programs (adware, spybot, winamp 5, etc...) and see if it can delete the crap that the restore CD's put on my computer (compuserv, AOL, Winamp 2.x, etc...)

I would just copy the files from the restore CD, but they're all in a GHO file *norton ghost*

also.. if push comes too shove, i'll just make the batch file delete the folders *deltree* of compuserve and crap along with deleting them out of the registry and any system folders. hopefully without screwin up my computer at the same time..

[kenedy]

Uninstall commands are stored here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Look for "UninstallString" for each application you want to uninstall and put it in your .bat file.

[Synapse]

Uninstall commands are stored here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Look for "UninstallString" for each application you want to uninstall and put it in your .bat file.

what about silently? is there a command like /silent for the uninstallers?

[kenedy]

>>is there a command like /silent for the uninstallers?

There are different unistallers.

Wise uninstaller have /s switch. Don't know about others, but possibly they have some switch to.

[Tsunami]

You will have to find out what (un)installer every program is using, and then find the switches for that (you can find the most common installers and their switches on the Unattended page (Unattended XP CD menu > Applications > after the seperator there are 5 installers).

[MHz]

A free standalone uninstall progam that tells you the uninstall strings and whether it can be silently uninstalled. Get it from here