Uninstall Yahoo Msg 10?

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(imported topic written by ckchapman91)

I need a little help with the uninstall of Yahoo Msg 10 here is what I have so far:

The relevance comes out to be true the problem exists with the action

exists key “HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Yahoo! Messenger” of registry

Action:

Dos Taskkill /im YAHOOM~1.exe /T /f

wait “{path name of system folder}\msiexec.exe” /qn REBOOT=ReallySuppress /x {{Yahoo! Messenger}

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

Does that command work from the commandline?

Maybe put quotes around “{{Yahoo! Messenger}”?

Ben

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(imported comment written by ckchapman91)

This path works in the command line and brings up the uninstall wise wizard. C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\UNWISE.EXE. But that will not work when you put this path into the BigFix Action the deployment will fail.

Trying to have BigFix uninstall yahoo messenger quietly with no user interface.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

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(imported comment written by JackCoates91)

I just tested C04: Uninstall Yahoo Messenger from the SANS Top Vulnerabilities to Windows Systems site, which works fine. It’s reading the uninstall command from the registry:

wait {preceding text of first " " of (value "UninstallString" of keys "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Yahoo! Messenger"  of registry as string) & " /s /a " & following text of first " " of (value "UninstallString" of keys  "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Yahoo! Messenger" of registry as string)}
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(imported comment written by ckchapman91)

Thanks a bunch it worked like a charm it uninstalled yahoo messenger perfectly.