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NAUK777
Copper Contributor
Jun 10, 2022

Removing Dell Preinstall software

Hi there, I been removing the following Dell application from a laptop:  with the following powershell comands, its not pretty but it works for me.   The first 3 commands work  Get-Package -Name "...
Dell optimzer
powershell
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Harm_Veenstra
MVP
Jun 20, 2022
invoke-command -scriptblock {'C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{286A9ADE-A581-43E8-AA85-6F5D58C7DC88}\DellOptimizer.exe'} -ArgumentList '-remove -runfromtemp'
}
You can always put this in the script that you use for other packages, if it's not there then you will receive an error but it should uninstall it when present
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NAUK777
Copper Contributor
Jun 20, 2022

Harm_Veenstra 

 

 Thank you Harm, 

I just concious of the time you spending trying to help which is appreciated but I sure do not want to take advantage has time is import to us all.  I will give the script a go but will also try it on other software like you mentioned.

 

regard Nick 

 

  • Thiago-Beier's avatar
    Thiago-Beier
    MCT
    Oct 14, 2022

    NAUK777 

     

    try this

    #detection

    <#
    Dell Optimizer Still Around
    #>


    try
    {

    $Folder = 'C:\Program Files\Dell\DellOptimizer\'
    "Test to see if folder [$Folder] exists"
    if (Test-Path -Path $Folder) {
    "Path exists!"
    Return $results.count
    exit 1

    } else {
    "Path doesn't exist."
    }
    exit 0
    }

    catch{
    $errMsg = $_.Exception.Message
    Write-Error $errMsg
    exit 1
    }

    #remediation
    #Date and time
    $dt = Get-Date -Format "dd-MM-yyyy-HH-mm-ss"

    $logfile = "$env:temp\csi-delete-delloptimizer-$dt.log"
    Start-Transcript -Path $logfile

    #stop dell optimizer services
    Get-Service -Name "DellOptimizer" | Stop-Service

    #Get Dell Optimizer from registry
    $uninstallstring = get-itemproperty 'HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*' | Where-Object { $_.DisplayName -match "optimizer service"}

    #get the uninstall string for dell optimizer
    $uninstallstring = $uninstallstring.UninstallString

    #add the silent parameter and run throguh cmd to uninstall
    cmd /c $uninstallstring -silent

    Stop-Transcript

    regards,
    THiago Beier

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