
Searches through the Uninstall key in the registry (both 32-bit and 64-bit on 64-bit OSes). The uninstall software script I created (still VBScript to account for those systems still without PowerShell) does the following: So how can we address this challenge? Create a script of course. The Solution to Uninstall Software En Masse Another problem with doing this is that it only works for Windows Installer installations. See Win32_Product Is Evil and Why Win32_Product is Bad News! for details. The Win32_Product class, which this wmic command-line is using, is evil. Wmic product where (name="Adobe Reader") call uninstall the recommendation to use something like this: Subject: Script to uninstall SEP Cloud agent?ġ603 is rollback,check the evenviewer to get the reasons.You may see in various forums, blog posts, etc. It might be better to run the 'Endpoint Protection' one first. This one disables the Symantec.cloud - Endpoint Protection service: sc stop ssSpnAvĪfter running the sc stop commands and restarting the computer, the powershell uninstall command worked but the one for the cloud agent forced a restart (just so you know). This command disables the Symantec.cloud - Cloud Agent service: sc stop SsPaAdm You have to restart the system once the sc disable command is run unless there's another command that forces it to stop completely. If they are running, you receive the "ReturnValue : 1603" line when you run powershell to uninstall. These commands disable the services from automatically starting with the computer.
You only need the necessary command if only one of the services is running. I opened a command prompt as admin and ran both of the following commands. I removed the Symantec.cloud - Cloud Agent after disabling it from auto starting as a service. I have several computers I need to uninstall this software want and want to script it out into a GPO if possible. Anyone have any ideas? I believe the agent can be removed from the SEP managed website however it involves going to each computer and installing it. Return value should be 0 when it is cleanly uninstalled. When I run this command, it does not uninstall the Symantec Cloud agent and get the following:
(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product -Filter "Name='Symantec.cloud - Cloud Agent'" -ComputerName. I am trying to remove the leftover cloud agent using the following Powershell command: (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product -Filter "Name='Symantec.cloud - Endpoint Protection'" -ComputerName. I am able to remove the main program using this Powershell command:
We currently use SEP Small Business edition and we are having issues uninstalling the Symantec Cloud agent that is listed in the control panel.