Bingo! Thank you sir - somehow I missed that key in my "Shockwave" search.
This list rocks. Dave From: Joe Tinney [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 8:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Google-Fu=Fail: Shockwave player scripted uninstall David, What is in the UninstallString key for Shockwave in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall? If it is a MSIEXEC command you can pretty easily and silently (most of the time) uninstall it by issuing: MSIEXEC.EXE /X {GUID-FROM-UNINSTALLSTRING} /qn /quiet /norestart That generally works without too much trouble. QN means No user interface, quiet will suppress prompts and norestart suppresses a restart if requested. The GUID typically changes from version to version (minor versions included), so it can be a pain to get them ALL. You may have to dump that key and mine all the GUIDs. Good luck! Joe From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 10:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Google-Fu=Fail: Shockwave player scripted uninstall I need to script a Shockwave Player v11 uninstall to remove it from 150 machines: "Summary: Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.2.602 and earlier versions, on the Windows and Macintosh operating systems" Solution: Adobe recommends Shockwave Player users uninstall Shockwave version 11.5.2.602 and earlier on their systems, restart their systems, and install Shockwave version 11.5.6.606" http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-03.html I can push the new player easily enough, but I have looked and can't find anything for removing v11. This page covers how to clean v10, but v11 doesn't have an UNWISE.EXE http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/155/tn_15508.html#10_2 I've searched the registry for "Shockwave" in hopes of finding a registry key that will help, but I found nothing. There is an Add/Remove entry for the old version, I just don't know how to find how it "hooks up". I even uninstalled it via Add/Remove watching it via Process Explorer but the only executable I saw was MSIEXEC.EXE... David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
