c++windowsuninstallationuninstallstring

How to Uninstall .exe silently in c++

I have UninstallString and I want to uninstall the program silently so that no user interaction involved. I have the UninstallString like the following :

I have opened these as a process But I don't know how to uninstall it silently.

I have heart some approach like find the windows and then send the OK keyStrokes but I don't know how to do it.

if it is a windows installer then we can use something like...

 MsiExec.exe /I{GUID} /q

But how to do for above UninstallString which have .exe as the path.

Any help/Approaches will be highly appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

Solution

  • Silent uninstall command varies on different installer.

    For example,

    If installer is built using Wix toolset, it supports commands like: /s, /S, /qn, /quiet . i.e,

    UninstallString /quiet

    For, NSIS based installer, /S .

    For, Install4j based installer, -q .

    For, Inno-setup based installer, /SILENT, /VERYSILENT .

    etc.

    You can find details about Silent install parameters from this site.

    Moreover, there has a tool called WMIC. Some people also directing to use this. You can find it from this link. [Though it did not work for me]