How to get app's GUID to fill the Uninstall command for Win32 apps

Question

Hello experts, I want to deploy a Win32 app, but when it comes to the Uninstall command, I cannot find a GUID to fill in. Can you please tell me how to get this GUID? Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.

1,Agree with @Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko . Yes, we need to manually install the win32 app target software on the test computer, then open the registry and go to one of the following paths:
X64 apps: HKEY_ LOCAL_ MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

X86 apps: HKEY_ LOCAL_ MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Search for the application we installed in these two registry paths, and the value corresponding to 'UninstallString' is the app's GUID.

2,We can also use the following PowerShell command to obtain the GUID of the app:

get-wmiobject Win32_ Product | Format-Table IdentifyingNumber, Name, LocalPackage -AutoSize

get-wmiobject Win32_ Product | Sort-Object -Property Name |Format-Table IdentifyingNumber, Name, LocalPackage -AutoSize

Thanks for your time. Have a nice day!

Best regards,
Simon

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Answer 2

You can get it from registery after installation of the program, HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall or 32bit from here; HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall