Cleaning up old versions of SmartSDR

Mike-VA3MW

I (me, not FlexRadio) wrote this script to help remove all copies of SmartSDR which makes it a bit easier than doing it through Add or Remove programs. You still have to use your mouse, but it is a LOT faster. :)

As you can see, I had a few versions on my computer.

I had a bunch to remove.

It should not remove 4.2.18, but I haven't tested that part.

Run it as Admin under Windows Power Shell.

And, if doing this scares you, then you should not do it. :)

$apps = Get-ChildItem "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall",

                      "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" |

        ForEach-Object { Get-ItemProperty $_.PSPath } |

        Where-Object { $_.DisplayName -like "*SmartSDR*" -and $_.DisplayVersion -ne "4.2.18" } |

        Sort-Object DisplayVersion


Write-Host "Will uninstall $($apps.Count) versions..."


$apps | ForEach-Object {

    Write-Host "Uninstalling: $($_.DisplayName) $($_.DisplayVersion)"

    if ($_.UninstallString -match "msiexec") {

        $guid = $_.UninstallString -replace '.*(\{[^}]+\}).*','$1'

        Start-Process msiexec.exe -ArgumentList "/x `"$guid`" /qn /norestart" -Wait

    } else {

        Start-Process $_.UninstallString -Wait

    }

}

Write-Host "All done."