Question into automation

[thorsten-gehrig]

Hi
I'm looking for using this uninstaller in an automated environment - pushing an "uninstaller-SCCM-Package" to a defined target workstation to remove specific software.
For this I´m creating a bcul-File with the proper filter - let's use the example "WinRAR".
When I'm executing it like
BCU-console uninstall c:\temp\uninstallfiles.bcul /Q /U /J=VeryGood /V
It does try to uninstall the WinRAR - but because there is no silent-uninstaller possible there is a "Uninstall WinRAR?" pop-up asking for "Continue with uninstall WinRAR?" :-( - and stuck till user is confirming it...

I´ve seen there is an "UninstallAutomizer.exe" - but i don't know how to use this tool to automatically confirm & close this window.

The final goal is to reuse the BCU just with different bcul files to remove defined software in an automated approach.

Can someone give some advice on how to automate this? Thank you in advance.

Best
Thorsten

[Klocman]

Hello!

There is no easy way to do this if the uninstaller doesn't provide a quiet mode and it's not supported by the automatizer (WinRAR being an example of that). Honestly, in this particular case you probably should just write a powershell or batch script to remove it instead, using BCU is a huge overkill.

You can find out what needs to be removed by finding WinRAR in BCU, right click > manual uninstall and look at what is listed. You can export the junk list and base your script on it (of course this assumes WinRAR is always installed to the default directory).