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8.2

VBScript To Remove SW & Directories

Asked by ITApprendista in VB Script

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I'm trying to write a generic re-usable VBscript that can:
a.  Check if a certain directory exists.
b.  If it does exist, check to see if a certain piece of sw exists
c.  If the sw exists remove the sw, then remove the entire directory (uninstall does not remove everything)
d.  If the sw is not installed  but the directory exists, just remove that directory
e.  I'd like to either run this in the user logon script OR run it from the server and cycle through all workstations on the domain.  

What I'm unsure about is

1.  How to both delete the directory and uninstall the sw.  The length of time it takes to uninstall the sw could vary so how can I delay the remove folder action so it doesn't occur until after the sw is definitely installed?  Is it something I should split up into multiple scripts?

2.  The objSoftware.Uninstall() command seems flaky to me.  I've seen it work on various pieces of software and then seemingly do nothing on others.  I've tried to research why this is but come up with nothing.    
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Function CheckForSw()
Dim objSoftware, colSoftware,strSoftwareName, strComputer
'Even if the folder exists, the software still may not be installed.  This is checked for below and returned as true or false
strComputer = "." 
strSoftwareName = "Some Application" 
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") 
Set colSoftware = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Product Where Name='Some Application") 
 
For Each objSoftware in colSoftware 
If objSoftware.Name = strSoftwareName Then 
 CheckForSw=TRUE
End If 
Next 
 
CheckForSw=FALSE
 
End Function
 
 
Sub RemoveFolders()
 
'Sub to remove the directory
Dim FSO	
'Delete the Remaining Folders
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
FSO.DeleteFolder "Some Directory", True 
Set FSO= NOTHING
End Sub
 
Dim filesys, newfolder, path, Installed
 
Set filesys=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
path="Some Directory"
 
If  filesys.FolderExists(path) Then
   	Dim objWMIService, colSoftware, objSoftware, strComputer
	strComputer = "."
         
        Installed = CheckForSw()
 
 
        If Installed=TRUE Then
 
'Uninstall The Software
        Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
 
	Set colSoftware = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Product Where Name = 'Some Software")
 
	
	For Each objSoftware in colSoftware
    	objSoftware.Uninstall()
    	Next
 
       'End If
 
Call RemoveFolders()
 
End If
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