Programs - Uninstall using Command Prompt in Windows

How to Uninstall Programs using Command Prompt in Windows​

   Information

This tutorial will show you how to uninstall programs using a command prompt in XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.

You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to do the steps in this tutorial.

   Note

This will only list programs that use Windows Installer when installed.

It is recommended to uninstall a program in Programs and Features if able instead to have a full list of installed program.

Here's How:

1. Do step 2 or 3 below for what you would like to do.

2. Open an elevated command prompt in XP/Vista/Windows 7 or Windows 8, and go to step 4 below.

3. Open Safe Mode with command prompt in XP/Vista/Windows 7 or Windows 8, and go to step 4 below.

4. In the command prompt, type wmic and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

5. Type product get name and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: This will give you a list of program names installed on your computer to use in the next step. This list will not always have all of the programs listed in Programs and Features though.

6. Type in either command below using the exact name of the program (ex: Microsoft Silverlight) listed in step 5 above within quotes that you want to uninstall, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
(To be prompted Y/N to approve. Recommended)

product where name=”name of program” call uninstall


(To NOT be prompted Y/N to approve.)

product where name=”name of program” call uninstall /nointeractive



7. If prompted, type Y to confirm uninstalling the program, and press Enter. (see screenshot above)

8. When successfully uninstalled, you can close the command prompt. (see screenshot below)

That's it,
Shawn

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[Brink]

In that case, see if using this below for your original idea may work.

It was able to add it to my registry.

REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce /v "!UOO" /t REG_SZ /d "cmd /c wmic product where name=C:\Program Files\OO Software\Defrag call uninstall /nointeractive"

 

[apoklyps3]

Yes, this ways works to be added to registry, but the spaces inside the command itself will make it useless. the " " and ' ' where needed for it to work. seems cmd has trouble figuring the starting " " and ' ' insde an expression

 

[jvandenbroek]

Yes, this ways works to be added to registry, but the spaces inside the command itself will make it useless. the " " and ' ' where needed for it to work. seems cmd has trouble figuring the starting " " and ' ' insde an expression

While I was looking for such a solution, I saw this thread and your remark about not able to use comma's inside the expression. You can do this by escaping them with \" or \', which seem to work fine (tested on Windows 7 Pro). Just wanted to share this, sorry if this thread is too old.