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Looking at their web site they say that no even Windows "Add/Remove programs" will completely uninstall that software. Their recommendation is to run the app's uninstaller executable.
Uninstall a "non-windows installer (exe)" application using powershell
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Keith Hampshire
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After doing some research on this, I'm coming to the conclusion that unless the package was installed using Windows installer (.msi file) it can't be done. Really??? I don't believe that.. There has got to be a way to uninstall a non-windows installed application.
I'm trying to test this theory on a free applications called, "PicPick". Apparently, it is a non-windows installed application.
I have tried these commands so far with NO luck:
-msiexec
-WMIC
-$app = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product ' -Filter "Name = 'PicPick'"
-$app.Uninstall()
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Keith Hampshire 96 Reputation points
2021-01-21T20:18:25.043+00:00 I was thinking more a long the lines of an end all be all way of uninstalling any app in Windows.
Can't you uninstall any app if you knew the apps GUID?