[wpkg-users] Uninstall prohbited Applications

[Дубовский А.Г.]

To uninstall prohibited applications I've developed a little script. Its convenience is the fact that you can specify a mask to uninstall the programs like "Adobe%".
Its disadvantages are the relatively large time to check prohibited applications.
  Set theSoftware = objWMICall.ExecQuery ("select * from Win32_Product Where " & SoftList)
Maybe a developers come up to integrate into WPKG uninstall prohibited applications, or speed up apps checking with "like" feature.
The beauty WMICall.Uninstall() lies in the fact that it  is looking for a UninstallString and uninstall application quiet.
 
ProhibitedApplications.vbs
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theFile = "\\MyServerIp\DEPLOY$\wpkg\ProhibitedApplications <file://myserverip/DEPLOY$/wpkg/ProhibitedPackages> .xml"
 
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
if fso.FileExists(theFile) then
 xmlDoc.Load(theFile)
 WhereList=""
 for each theNode in xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes
  if WhereList<>"" then WhereList=WhereList & " or "
  theUninst = theNode.NodeTypedValue
  if Instr(theUninst,"%")>0 then 
   WhereList=WhereList & "Name like '" & theUninst & "'" 
  else
   WhereList=WhereList & "Name ='" & theUninst &"'" 
  end if
 next
 
 if WhereList<>"" then
  Set theSoftware = objWMICall.ExecQuery ("select * from Win32_Product Where " & SoftList)
  For Each SoftwareComponent in theSoftware
   SoftwareComponent.Uninstall()
  Next
 end if
end if
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ProhibitedApplications.xml  <file://\\MyServerIp\DEPLOY$\wpkg\ProhibitedApplications.xml >    - EXAMPLE. If Uninstall value contain "%", it uninstall all by mask
<file://\\MyServerIp\DEPLOY$\wpkg\ProhibitedPackages.pkg> 
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 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Applications>
 <Uninstall>%Punto%</Uninstall>
 <Uninstall>Acrobat.com</Uninstall>
 <Uninstall>Adobe Reader%</Uninstall>
 <Uninstall>Mail.Ru%</Uninstall>
 <Uninstall>Microsoft Firewall Client%</Uninstall>
 <Uninstall>Ask Toolbar%</Uninstall>
</Applications>  
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with regards,
Alexey Dubovsky
 
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