Look for all programs containing a search string, and uninstall it.

Uninstall-Universal.ps1

<#

.SYNOPSIS
Looks for installed applications with a search string to be found in either its
name or the publisher name and uninstalls them.

.DESCRIPTION
It takes a search string (-SearchString) that it uses to look through the names
and publishers for the search string, and uninstalls them.

This was primarily made to be used with SCCM.

.PARAMETER SearchString
Mandatory: Yes

Aliases: p, Publisher

This is the string the script will use to search through the list of applications
in both their names and the publisher name.  This is case insensitive.

.PARAMETER Silent
Mandatory: No

Aliases: s

Suppress progress output, and a dialog box signifying completion.

.EXAMPLE
Uninstall-Universal.ps1 "java" -s

Look for Java to uninstall silently.

.NOTES
At the moment, it only works with packages installed using an MSI installer.  It
has not been tested with other installers, like InstallShield.

Author: Rene Horn, the.rhorn@gmail.com
Version: 0.21
Known issue: this currently only works using msiexec to uninstall things
   - has not been tested with other install programs (e.g. InstallShield)
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<#
Copyright (c) 2015, Rene Horn
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param (
    [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [alias("p","Publisher")]
    [string]$SearchString,
    [parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
    [alias("s")]
    [switch]$silent

)

if (!$silent) {
    [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms") | Out-Null
}

function Get-ExitCode($process)
{ # different code paths necessary to get the exit code from the process depending on the version of PowerShell being used
    if (4 -le $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major) {
        return $process.ExitCode
    } else {
        # work around for bug https://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/details/520554/start-process-does-not-return-exitcode-property
        $process.HasExited|Out-Null
        return $process.GetType().GetField("exitCode","NonPublic,Instance").GetValue($process)
    }
}

function Search-Installed($path, $SearchString)
{ # this is where we look for the search string in the list of installed applications
    return @(Get-ChildItem -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Path "${path}" | foreach { Get-ItemProperty -Path  $_.PsPath }| Where-Object { ($_.DisplayName -like "*${SearchString}*" ) -or ($_.Publisher -like "*${SearchString}*") } | Select-Object UninstallString | % { if ( $_ -imatch "@\{UninstallString=[a-z.]+\s*`/[xi]\s*`{[^}]+`}`}" ) { ($_ -replace "@`{[^{]*(`{[^}]+}).*",'$1') } })
}

function Write-ToProgress($Activity, $Status, [switch]$Completed)
{
    if(!$silent) {
            if ($Completed) {
                Write-Progress -Activity $Activity -Status $Status -Complete
            } else {
                Write-Progress -Activity $Activity -Status $Status
            }
    }
}

function Show-MessageBox($Message, $SearchString)
{
    if(!$silent) {
        [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show($Message,"Uninstall of `"$SearchString`" ","Ok","Information","Button1")
    }
}

# setup some local variables
$uninst_reg = "Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"
$base_reg_entry = "hklm:\\SOFTWARE"
$redir_32bit_reg = "Wow6432Node"

Write-ToProgress -Activity "Uninstall of `"$SearchString`"" -Status "Searching through installed applications for `"$SearchString`""
$clsid_list = Search-Installed "${base_reg_entry}\${uninst_reg}" $SearchString
$is_64bit = ([IntPtr]::size -eq 8)

if ($is_64bit) {
    $clsid_list += Search-Installed "${base_reg_entry}\${redir_32bit_reg}\${uninst_reg}" $SearchString
}

$msi_exec = "${env:SystemRoot}\System32\msiexec.exe"
#$msi_exec = "C:\temp\showarguments.exe"
$msi_uninst_flag = @("/norestart","/q","/x")
$msi_log_flag = "/l*v"
$msi_log = "${env:SystemDrive}\uninstall_${SearchString}.{0}.log"
$clsid_counter = 1

# iterate through the list of applications that match our search string, and uninstall them
foreach ( $clsid in $clsid_list ) {
    $msi_log_current = ($msi_log -f $clsid_counter)
    Write-ToProgress -Activity "Uninstall of `"$SearchString`"" -Status ("Uninstalling $clsid_counter of {0}, log file: $msi_log_current" -f @($clsid_list).Count)
    $msi_args = @($clsid, $msi_log_flag, $msi_log_current)
    $msi_proc = Start-Process -FilePath $msi_exec -ArgumentList @($msi_uninst_flag+$msi_args) -PassThru -Wait
    $msi_exitcode = Get-ExitCode $msi_proc
    if ($msi_exitcode -ne 0) {
        Write-Error "Error uninstalling, msiexec.exe exit code ${msi_exitcode}, check ${msi_log_current}" 
        Exit $msi_exitcode
    }
    $clsid_counter++
}

Write-ToProgress -Activity "Uninstall of `"$SearchString`"" -Status "Completing uninstall." -Completed
Show-MessageBox -Message "Uninstall of `"$SearchString`" complete." -SearchString $SearchString