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Powershell Extract Uninstall String

I'm trying to make an uninstall script a bit more robust by extracting the uninstall string and using it to uninstall a program instead of using a static location. I can get the uninstall command with the following command, however I'm having some trouble just getting the string itself since it is in some xml data within the SwidTagText field:

PS: Get-Package -Provider Programs -IncludeWindowsInstaller -Name "Microsoft OneDrive" | select -ExpandProperty SwidTagText

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16" standalone="yes"?>
<SoftwareIdentity
  name="Microsoft OneDrive"
  version="20.143.0716.0003"
  versionScheme="unknown" xmlns="http://standards.iso.org/iso/19770/-2/2015/schema.xsd">
  <Meta
    DisplayName="Microsoft OneDrive"
    DisplayIcon="C:\Users\bob\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\20.143.0716.0003_2\OneDriveSetup.exe,-101"
    DisplayVersion="20.143.0716.0003"
    HelpLink="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=215117"
    Publisher="Microsoft Corporation"
    UninstallString="C:\Users\bob\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\20.143.0716.0003_2\OneDriveSetup.exe  /uninstall "
    UrlUpdateInfo="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=223554"
    EstimatedSize="150145"
    NoRepair="1"
    NoModify="1" />
</SoftwareIdentity>

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In a one liner I would like to grab out "C:\Users\bob\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\20.143.0716.0003_2\OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall" to a variable to use to uninstall the program.

oBdA

No need to dive into the XML here, you can get it directly from SwidTags.Metadata:

$uninstallString = (Get-Package -Provider Programs -IncludeWindowsInstaller -Name "Microsoft OneDrive").SwidTags.Metadata['UninstallString']

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credog

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Thank you. That worked great. However when I try this on a path like:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft OneDrive\20.169.0823.0006\OneDriveSetup.exe  /uninstall  /allusers

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I get the following error: "The term 'x86' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program." Seems like it needs to be quoted (single maybe), but not sure how to do that when used as part of a oneliner:

...; Invoke-Expression $uninstallString}

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credog

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I'm sure I'm missing something. I want to use the variable value directly as it's returned when the following is run:

$uninstallString = (Get-Package -Provider Programs -IncludeWindowsInstaller -Name "Microsoft OneDrive").SwidTags.Metadata['UninstallString']

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On one system it returns the following exactly has shown here:

C:\Users\bob\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\20.143.0716.0003_12\OneDriveSetup.exe  /uninstall

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I use that in the following oneliner in an ISE window and it seems to work:

$output = test-path ($uninstallString -replace '/.*') ; if ($output -ne "True"){ $result='Removal path not found' } else { $result= 'Removing Onedrive'; Invoke-Expression $uninstallString}; $result

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When I use it on another system it returns the following exactly as shown below:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft OneDrive\20.169.0823.0006\OneDriveSetup.exe  /uninstall  /allusers

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When the variable is used it in the same oneliner above ($output = test-path ($uninstallString......) I get the following error and it doesn't remove the program:

x86 : The term 'x86' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:19
+ C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft OneDrive\20.169.0823.0006\OneDriveSe ...
+                   ~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (x86:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

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I also tried using & instead of invoke-expression and that didn't work. I'm trying the get the variable to work when the path is within Program FIles (x86) ..... Is there another step I need to perform on the value in the variable to use in the oneliner?

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