Please use the script to uninstall all of your blacklisted programs from your endpoint
Usage:
- Modify the variable for your list of programs - blacklist=['program_name_1', 'program_name_2']
- Run as System User
Limitation:
Programs can be removed:
Inventory can have msi and exe programs, all msi programs can be removed without user interaction but exe programs can be removed without user interaction when only the program has quiet uninstall string.
Programs can not be removed:
The exe programs which has no quiet uninstall string, those are not able to be removed without user interaction
blacklist=['Google Chrome', 'HandBrake 1.0.7', 'FileZilla Client 3.25.2', 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 x86 Additional Runtime - 14.0.24215', 'Acronis Backup Agent', 'Mozilla Firefox 53.0 (x86 en-US)', 'VLC media player']
import os
import _winreg
def ecmd(CMD):
import ctypes
class disable_file_system_redirection:
_disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection
_revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection
def __enter__(self):
self.old_value = ctypes.c_long()
self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value))
def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
if self.success:
self._revert(self.old_value)
from subprocess import PIPE, Popen
with disable_file_system_redirection():
OBJ = Popen(CMD, shell = True, stdout = PIPE, stderr = PIPE)
out, err = OBJ.communicate()
ret=OBJ.returncode
return ret
def collectprograms(rtkey,pK,kA):
list=[]
try:
oK=_winreg.OpenKey(rtkey,pK,0,kA)
i=0
while True:
try:
bkey=_winreg.EnumKey(oK,i)
vkey=os.path.join(pK,bkey)
oK1=_winreg.OpenKey(rtkey,vkey,0,kA)
try:
DN,bla=_winreg.QueryValueEx(oK1,'DisplayName')
DV,bla=_winreg.QueryValueEx(oK1,'DisplayVersion')
inlist=[DN.strip(), DV.strip()]
try:
IL, bla=_winreg.QueryValueEx(oK1,'InstallLocation')
if not IL:
IL='none'
except:
IL='none'
if IL:
inlist.append(IL.strip())
else:
inlist.append(IL)
try:
US,bla=_winreg.QueryValueEx(oK1,'UninstallString')
except:
US='none'
if US:
inlist.append(US.strip())
else:
inlist.append(US)
try:
QS,bla=_winreg.QueryValueEx(oK1,'QuietUninstallString')
if QS:
inlist.append(QS.strip())
except:
pass
list.append(inlist)
_winreg.CloseKey(oK1)
except:
pass
i+=1
except:
break
_winreg.CloseKey(oK)
except:
pass
return list
uninstallkey='SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall'
if 'PROGRAMFILES(X86)' in os.environ.keys():
rklist=[(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,uninstallkey,_winreg.KEY_WOW64_32KEY | _winreg.KEY_READ),
(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,uninstallkey,_winreg.KEY_WOW64_64KEY | _winreg.KEY_READ),
(_winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,uninstallkey,_winreg.KEY_WOW64_32KEY | _winreg.KEY_READ),
(_winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,uninstallkey,_winreg.KEY_WOW64_64KEY | _winreg.KEY_READ)]
else:
rklist=[(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,uninstallkey,_winreg.KEY_READ),
(_winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,uninstallkey,_winreg.KEY_READ)]
ap=[]
for i in rklist:
for j in collectprograms(i[0], i[1], i[2]):
if j not in ap:
ap.append(j)
ins, nf=[], []
for i in blacklist:
for j in ap:
if i==j[0]:
if j not in ins:
ins.append(j)
if ins:
ins1=[a[0] for a in ins]
for i in blacklist:
if i not in ins1:
nf.append(i)
print 'Installed Blacklist-Programs and Status'
for e in ins:
if len(e)>4:
rc=ecmd(e[-1])
if rc==0:
print '%s %s Successfully Removed'%(e[0], '.'*10)
else:
print '%s %s Error, Return Code: %s'%(e[0], '.'*10, str(rc))
elif e[-1].startswith('MsiExec.exe'):
cmd='%s %s'%(e[-1].replace('MsiExec.exe /I', 'MsiExec.exe /X'), '/qn')
rc=ecmd(cmd)
if rc==0:
print '%s %s Successfully Removed'%(e[0], '.'*10)
else:
print '%s %s Error, Return Code: %s'%(e[0], '.'*10, str(rc))
else:
print '%s %s Require User Interaction'%(e[0], '.'*10)
if nf:
print '
Unavailable Blacklist-Programs from the Endpoint'
for n in nf:
print n
else:
print 'No Blacklist-Program found on the Endpoint'
Sample Output:
Script in JSON:
20170621-Procedure-to-Uninstall-the-list-of-Programs-from-the-Windows-Endpoint.json (6.58 KB)
