lens
June 13, 2023, 2:54pm
1
hi,
what would be the best way to remove from user profile Firefox browser.
we have published ESR as company Firefox browser, but a lot of users when they tried in the past, did not have admin rights, and then when you install, it is moving to user profile, and now we need to get rid off from user profile very old version.
so far trying
#Remove from user folder
$UserDir = "C:\Users"
$Folders = Get-ChildItem -Path $UserDir
ForEach ($Folder in $Folders)
{
if (Test-Path "$Userdir\$folder\AppData\Local\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe")
{
Execute-Process -Path "$Userdir\$folder\AppData\Local\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" -Parameters '-ms' -ContinueOnError $True
}
}
Looks ok.
I’d be checking if the uninstall was successful and log it.
lens
June 14, 2023, 2:09pm
3
looks ok, but it is not removing, doing nothing
I suspect your code may need to be run in the users context as the installation info may only exist within the users current registry or (less likely) there could be a permissions issue preventing it from being run.
As @That-Annoying-Guy suggested, I’d also recommend you add some logging to your code as a log of why it’s not working could help you solve the issue.
MiTo
June 16, 2023, 6:30am
5
Hey,
i know the Problem and i use a little function to remove user based installation.
#region Function Remove-UserBasedInstallation
Function Remove-UserBasedInstallation {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Remove user based installation
.PARAMETER
AppDisplayName (Name from add and remove programs)
AppUninstallParameter (Onyl for EXE installation needed)
IgnoreExitCodes (List the exit codes to ignore or * to ignore all exit codes. Only for EXE installation)
ContinueOnError (Continue if an error is encountered. Default: $true)
.EXAMPLE
Remove-UserBasedInstallation -AppDisplayName "Visual Code"
Remove-UserBasedInstallation -AppDisplayName "Visual Code" -AppUninstallParameter "/S"
Remove-UserBasedInstallation -AppDisplayName "Visual Code" -AppUninstallParameter "/S" -IgnoreExitCodes "1"
.NOTES
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]
[string]$AppDisplayName,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
[ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]
[string]$IgnoreExitCodes,
[string]$AppUninstallParameter,
[boolean]$ContinueOnError = $true
)
Begin {
## Get the name of this function and write header
[string]${CmdletName} = $PSCmdlet.MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name
Write-FunctionHeaderOrFooter -CmdletName ${CmdletName} -CmdletBoundParameters $PSBoundParameters -Header
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$FoundUserApp = $false
[int32]$returnCode = 70031
}
Process {
Write-Log -Message "Get user based installation [$AppDisplayName]." -Source $installPhase
[PSObject[]]$UserProfiles = (Get-UserProfiles -ExcludeDefaultUser)
ForEach($UserSID in $($UserProfiles.SID)) {
$InstalledUserApps = Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath "Registry::HKEY_USERS\$($UserSID)\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
ForEach($UserApp in $InstalledUserApps) {
$FoundUserApp = $false
$UninstallItem = Split-Path -Path $UserApp -Leaf -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$regGuid = "\{?(([0-9a-f]){8}-([0-9a-f]){4}-([0-9a-f]){4}-([0-9a-f]){4}-([0-9a-f]){12})\}?"
$UserAppsPropertys = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath "Registry::$($UserApp)" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
If (($UserAppsPropertys.DisplayName -eq $AppDisplayName) -and $UserAppsPropertys.UninstallString) {
$FoundUserApp = $true
Write-Log -Message "Found user installation." -Source $installPhase
If (($UninstallItem -match $regGuid) -and ($UserAppsPropertys.UninstallString -contains "msiexec.exe")) {
Write-Log -Message "Executing [$exeMsiexec /X $UninstallItem REBOOT=ReallySuppress /QN]..." -Source ${CmdletName}
$UnInstParam = "/x $UninstallItem REBOOT=ReallySuppress /qn"
$Process = Start-Process -FilePath $exeMsiexec -ArgumentList $UnInstParam -PassThru -WindowStyle Hidden -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Wait-Process -InputObject $Process
If (($Process.ExitCode -eq 0) -or ($Process.ExitCode -eq 3010)) {
Write-Log -Message "Execution completed successfully with exit code [$($Process.ExitCode)]." -Source ${CmdletName}
} ElseIf ($Process.ExitCode -eq 1605) {
Write-Log -Message "Execution failed with exit code [$($Process.ExitCode)] because the product is not currently installed." -Severity 2 -Source ${CmdletName}
} Else {
If (-not $ContinueOnError) {
Write-Log -Message "Execution failed with exit code [$($Process.ExitCode)]." -Severity 3 -Source ${CmdletName}
Exit-Script -ExitCode $Process.ExitCode
}
Write-Log -Message "Execution failed with exit code [$($Process.ExitCode)], continue." -Severity 2 -Source ${CmdletName}
}
} Else {
If (-not $AppUninstallParameter) {
Write-Log -Message "No parameters were specified for the uninstallation." -Severity 3 -Source ${CmdletName}
Exit-Script -ExitCode $returnCode
}
If ($UserAppsPropertys.UninstallString.Contains('"')) {
$UninstallPath = [regex]::Match($UserAppsPropertys.UninstallString,'"(.*?)"').Groups[1].Value
}
If (Test-Path -Path $UninstallPath -PathType Leaf) {
Write-Log -Message "Executing [$UninstallPath $AppUninstallParameter]..." -Source ${CmdletName}
$Process = Start-Process -FilePath $UninstallPath -ArgumentList $AppUninstallParameter -PassThru -WindowStyle Hidden -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Wait-Process -InputObject $Process
$ignoreExitCodeMatch = $false
If ($ignoreExitCodes) {
## Check whether * was specified, which would tell us to ignore all exit codes
If ($ignoreExitCodes.Trim() -eq '*') {
$ignoreExitCodeMatch = $true
} Else {
## Split the processes on a comma
[Int32[]]$ignoreExitCodesArray = $ignoreExitCodes -split ','
ForEach ($ignoreCode in $ignoreExitCodesArray) {
If ($Process.ExitCode -eq $ignoreCode) {
$ignoreExitCodeMatch = $true
}
}
}
}
If ($ignoreExitCodeMatch) {
Write-Log -Message "Execution completed and the exit code [$($Process.ExitCode)] is being ignored." -Source ${CmdletName}
} Else {
If (($Process.ExitCode -eq 0) -or ($Process.ExitCode -eq 3010)) {
Write-Log -Message "Execution completed successfully with exit code [$($Process.ExitCode)]." -Source ${CmdletName}
} Else {
If (-not $ContinueOnError) {
Write-Log -Message "Execution failed with exit code [$($Process.ExitCode)]." -Severity 3 -Source ${CmdletName}
Exit-Script -ExitCode $Process.ExitCode
}
Write-Log -Message "Execution failed with exit code [$($Process.ExitCode)], continue." -Severity 2 -Source ${CmdletName}
}
}
} Else {
Write-Log -Message "Remove executable not found." -Severity 2 -Source $installPhase
}
}
}
}
}
If ($FoundUserApp -eq $false) {
If (-not $ContinueOnError) {
Write-Log -Message "User based installation not found, setting exit code to [$returnCode]." -Severity 3 -Source ${CmdletName}
Exit-Script -ExitCode $returnCode
}
Write-Log -Message "User based installation not found." -Severity 2 -Source $installPhase
}
}
End {
Write-FunctionHeaderOrFooter -CmdletName ${CmdletName} -Footer
}
}
#endregion
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Here’s what I have used in the past.
If ( Test-Path "$envProgramFiles\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" ) {
Write-log "=====> Firefox 64-bit detected"
Execute-Process -Path "$envProgramFiles\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" -Parameters "/S"
}
If ( Test-Path "$envProgramFilesx86\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" ) {
Write-log "=====> Firefox 32-bit detected"
Execute-Process -Path "$envProgramFilesx86\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" -Parameters "/S"
}
[String[]]$ProfilePaths = Get-UserProfiles | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'ProfilePath'
foreach ($item in $ProfilePaths ) {
## Checking for user-based installation and uninstalling
If ( Test-Path "$item\AppData\Local\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" ) {
Write-log "=====> Firefox user-based installation detected in $item"
Execute-Process -Path "$item\AppData\Local\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" -Parameters "/S"
#Clean-up user-based shortcuts
$OneDriveFolder = 'OneDrive'
Remove-File -Path "$item\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Firefox.lnk"
Remove-File -Path "$item\Desktop\Firefox.lnk"
Remove-File -Path "$item\$OneDriveFolder\Desktop\Firefox.lnk"
Remove-Folder -Path "$item\AppData\Local\Mozilla Firefox"
}
## Looping through each user registry and cleaning up user-based installation in programs and features
[scriptblock]$HKCURegistrySettings = {
$HKCUFirefox = Get-RegistryKey -Key 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox' -SID $UserProfile.SID
If ($HKCUFirefox -ne $null) {
Remove-RegistryKey -Key "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Mozilla Firefox $($HKCUFirefox.CurrentVersion)" -Recurse -SID $UserProfile.SID
}
}
Invoke-HKCURegistrySettingsForAllUsers -RegistrySettings $HKCURegistrySettings
}
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