Removes Windows Installer product registration for products where the locally cached MSI is missing and no registered source can be found.

Unregister-MissingMSIs.ps1

#Requires -Version 3

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[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $true)]
param ()

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
[int[]] $translation = 7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0,11,10,9,8,15,14,13,12,17,16,19,18,21,20,23,22,25,24,27,26,29,28,31,30

$loc = data {
    ConvertFrom-StringData @'
        Error_Elevation_Required = You must run this script in an elevated command prompt
        Error_64Bit_Required = You must run this in a 64-bit command prompt
        Error_PackageManagement_Required = Please install PackageManagement from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=746217
        Process_Remove_Args1 = Remove registration for {0}
        Verbose_Install_MSI = Installing the "MSI" module
        Verbose_Remove_Key_Args1 = Removing registry key {0}
        Verbose_Remove_Value_Args2 = Removing registry value {1} from {0}
        Verbose_Remove_Source_Reg = Removing source registration
        Verbose_Remove_Product_Reg = Removing product registration
        Verbose_Remove_Upgrade_Reg = Removing upgrade registration
        Verbose_Remove_Component_Reg = Removing component registration
        Verbose_Found_Source_Args2 = Cache missing for {0} but found source at {1}
'@
}

$identity = [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()
$principal = New-Object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal $identity
if (!$principal.IsInRole([System.Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) {
    throw $loc.Error_Elevation_Required
}

if ([System.Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem) {
    if (![System.Environment]::Is64BitProcess) {
        throw $loc.Error_64Bit_Required
    }
}

$pack = {
    param (
        [string] $Guid
    )

    if (!$Guid) {
        return
    }

    $Guid = (New-Object System.Guid $Guid).ToString("N").ToUpperInvariant()

    $sb = New-Object System.Text.StringBuilder $translation.Count
    foreach ($i in $translation) {
        $null = $sb.Append($Guid[$i])
    }

    $sb.ToString()
}

$test = {
    param (
        $Product
    )

    if ($Product | Test-Path -ErrorAction continue) {
        return $true
    }

    if ($Product.PackageName) {
        $Product | Get-MSISource | ForEach-Object {
            $path = Join-Path $_.Path $Product.PackageName
            if ($path | Test-Path) {
                Write-Verbose ($loc.Verbose_Found_Source_Args2 -f $Product.ProductCode, $path)
                return $true
            }
        }
    }

    $false
}

$remove = {
    param (
        [string] $Key
    )

    if (Test-Path $Key) {
        Write-Verbose ($loc.Verbose_Remove_Key_Args1 -f $Key)
        Remove-Item -Recurse -Force -UseTransaction $Key
    }
}

$removeChild = {
    param (
        [string] $Key,
        [string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path $Key) {
        Get-ChildItem $Key | ForEach-Object {
            $obj = $_ | Get-ItemProperty
            if ($obj.$Name -ne $null) {
                Write-Verbose ($loc.Verbose_Remove_Value_Args2 -f $_.Name, $Name)
                Remove-ItemProperty -Force -UseTransaction -Name $Name -LiteralPath $_.PSPath

                $obj = Get-ItemProperty -UseTransaction -LiteralPath $_.PSPath
                if (!$obj) {
                    Write-Verbose ($loc.Verbose_Remove_Key_Args1 -f $_.Name)
                    Remove-Item -Recurse -Force -UseTransaction -LiteralPath $_.PSPath
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

# Install the MSI module if missing.
if (!(Get-Module -ListAvailable MSI)) {
    Write-Verbose $loc.Verbose_Install_MSI

    # Make sure PackageManagement is installed (comes with WMF 5.0 / Windows 10).
    if (!(Get-Module -ListAvailable PackageManagement)) {
        throw $loc.Error_PackageManagement_Required
    }

    Install-Module MSI -Scope CurrentUser -SkipPublisherCheck -Force
}

foreach ($msi in (Get-MSIProductInfo -UserContext Machine)) {
    if (!(&$test $msi)) {
        if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($msi, $loc.Process_Remove_Args1 -f $msi.ProductCode)) {
            $packedProductCode = &$pack $msi.ProductCode

            Start-Transaction

            Write-Verbose $loc.Verbose_Remove_Source_Reg
            &$remove "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\$packedProductCode"
            &$remove "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Features\$packedProductCode"

            Write-Verbose $loc.Verbose_Remove_Product_Reg
            &$remove "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\$packedProductCode"
            &$remove "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\$($msi.ProductCode)"
            &$remove "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\$($msi.ProductCode)"

            Write-Verbose $loc.Verbose_Remove_Upgrade_Reg
            &$removeChild "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UpgradeCodes" $packedProductCode
            
            Write-Verbose $loc.Verbose_Remove_Component_Reg
            &$removeChild "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components" $packedProductCode

            Complete-Transaction
        }
    }
}

I'm getting this error:
Test-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'LiteralPath' because it is null.
At C:\users\username\Downloads\Unregister-MissingMSIs (1).ps1:71 char:20

• if ($Product | Test-Path -ErrorAction continue) {
  

•                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Deplo...uctInstallation:PSObject) [Test-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand

I get the same error as HakanL above - was there a solution to this? Thank you for providing the script!

I had the same error as HakanL with the original version of this script but indeed this version worked for me.

The original version of this script exited with the same error as HakanL. The modified version also emitted that error but continued to run. It ran for quite a long time, maybe 15 minutes or more, and emitted that error four times altogether. Unfortunately the VS installer still fails to install a working environment.

Tried using this script. Getting an error though: Join-Path : Cannot find drive. A drive with the name 'm' does not exist.
At C:\Unregister-MissingMSIs.ps1:77 char:21

•         $path = Join-Path $_.Path $Product.PackageName
  

•                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (m:String) [Join-Path], DriveNotFoundException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : DriveNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.JoinPathCommand

Help would be appreciated.

The problem is because of corrupt MSI registration. I'll fix the original script to skip these.

The 'Get-MSIProductInfo' command was found in the module 'MSI', but the module could not be loaded. For more
information, run 'Import-Module MSI'.
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Get-MSIProductInfo:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotAutoloadMatchingModule

Trust me, am in the correct directory and the spelling is also correct. I also tried by naming it something easy like local.ps1. Still the same error.