We all know the procedure to uninstall any application using Windows
GUI i.e “ADD OR REMOVE in XP or Programs and Features in Windows Vista
& Windows 7 ”. Till now we learnt the ordinary way of doing this,
but now lets learn the new way of doing this or should I say the Techie
Way of doing this. Did anyone tell you that uninstallation of
applications can also be done using DOS Command Prompt, Of course you
can uninstall an application using command prompt. You can even
uninstall applications which doesn’t provide their own uninstaller
setup. To use this you don’t need to be an expert or techie in this
field, simply we will use the below command and uninstall the
application.
Compatibility:
It will work on All versions of Windows, Tested on Windows XP and Windows 7.
Procedure
1.) Open Command Prompt
2.) Type wmic in command prompt and Enter, you may see a new line with wmic:root\cli>
3.) Now at the command prompt, type the following command:
product get name
This
will generate a list of all installed applications on the system. This
may take some time, depending on how many applications you have in your
system.
4.) At the Command Prompt, Type the following command:
product where name="" call uninstall
Specify
the name of application in the quotes (make sure you type the name of
application correctly using the generated list of application). Suppose I
want to uninstall Adobe Flash application from my system, my command
would look like this:
product where name="Adobe Flash" call uninstall
5.) It would ask to Confirm your action, Type y and press enter to proceed with uninstallation. The application will get uninstalled from the system.
The
power of this command doesn’t restrict only to uninstallation of
applications but also you can perform many tasks using this command. You
can list all applications with their versions and date, you can also
install, reinstall, configure or upgrade any application using this
command. See the below command, which will list all the applications
with their versions.
product list status
To know more command on product, Type wmic product/?, same way if you want to know more on product list then Type wmic product list/?
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