$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' # stop on all errors $packageArgs = @{ packageName = $env:ChocolateyPackageName softwareName = 'feroxbuster*' #part or all of the Display Name as you see it in Programs and Features. It should be enough to be unique fileType = 'exe' #only one of these: MSI or EXE (ignore MSU for now) } # Get-UninstallRegistryKey is new to 0.9.10, if supporting 0.9.9.x and below, # take a dependency on "chocolatey-core.extension" in your nuspec file. # This is only a fuzzy search if $softwareName includes '*'. Otherwise it is # exact. In the case of versions in key names, we recommend removing the version # and using '*'. [array]$key = Get-UninstallRegistryKey -SoftwareName $packageArgs['softwareName'] if ($key.Count -eq 1) { $key | % { $packageArgs['file'] = "$($_.UninstallString)" #NOTE: You may need to split this if it contains spaces, see below if ($packageArgs['fileType'] -eq 'MSI') { # The Product Code GUID is all that should be passed for MSI, and very # FIRST, because it comes directly after /x, which is already set in the # Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage msiargs (facepalm). $packageArgs['silentArgs'] = "$($_.PSChildName) $($packageArgs['silentArgs'])" # Don't pass anything for file, it is ignored for msi (facepalm number 2) # Alternatively if you need to pass a path to an msi, determine that and # use it instead of the above in silentArgs, still very first $packageArgs['file'] = '' } else { # NOTES: # - You probably will need to sanitize $packageArgs['file'] as it comes from the registry and could be in a variety of fun but unusable formats # - Split args from exe in $packageArgs['file'] and pass those args through $packageArgs['silentArgs'] or ignore them # - Ensure you don't pass double quotes in $file (aka $packageArgs['file']) - otherwise you will get "Illegal characters in path when you attempt to run this" # - Review the code for auto-uninstaller for all of the fun things it does in sanitizing - https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/blob/bfe351b7d10c798014efe4bfbb100b171db25099/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/AutomaticUninstallerService.cs#L142-L192 } Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs } } elseif ($key.Count -eq 0) { Write-Warning "$packageName has already been uninstalled by other means." } elseif ($key.Count -gt 1) { Write-Warning "$($key.Count) matches found!" Write-Warning "To prevent accidental data loss, no programs will be uninstalled." Write-Warning "Please alert package maintainer the following keys were matched:" $key | % {Write-Warning "- $($_.DisplayName)"} }