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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
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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 

 

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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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