Try this…

 

Remove Google Toolbar by Command Line Process
Go to: Start > Run > Copy and Paste this string of code:
regsvr32 /u /s "c:\program files\google\googletoolbar1.dll"

Found that on the net.

 

 

That’s more or less what I did. I ran a query in SQL Management Studio against v_GS_Add_Remove_Programs (since I use that to do most of my preliminary querying work). I then attempted to manually use PowerShell to run a command like this:

 

$Goog = Get-WmiObject –ComputerName RemoteSystem –Query “select * from win32_product where name like ‘%Google Toolbar%’”

$Goog.Uninstall()

 

After running that, it disappeared from the Windows Installer database on the remote system, but the files were still left around, as well as the Google Updater service.

 

Here is the T-SQL I’m using to locate the product in the Configuration Manager database:

 

select

      distinct

      [AD_Site_Name0] as 'AD Site'

      , [Name0] as 'PC Name'

      , [User_Name0] as 'UserID'

      , [DisplayName0] as 'Display Name'

      , [InstallDate0] as 'Install Date'

 

from [v_GS_Add_Remove_Programs] [progs]

 

join [v_R_System] [sys] on [sys].[ResourceID] = [progs].[ResourceID]

 

where

      DisplayName0 in ('Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer', 'Google Toolbar for Firefox')

     

order by

      'Install Date'

      , 'AD Site'

 

Errr, don’t use ProductID in the dbo.SoftwareProduct to create your query.

 

That value (according Microsoft PSS) is not a global value. That value changes from site to site… so your query results will differ from site to site

 

For instance.

 

select SMS_R_System.ResourceID,SMS_R_System.ResourceType,SMS_R_System.Name,SMS_R_System.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_System.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_System.Client from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_SoftwareProduct on SMS_G_System_SoftwareProduct.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_SoftwareProduct.ProductId = 391 or SMS_G_System_SoftwareProduct.ProductId = 250

 

Will give you different results from site to site…

 

 

 

 

Why not using product ID?

 

Thank you

 

Did you create a package and program from definition and try the uninstall program? 

 

Then you could have a query based collection that looks for that software in ARP or something (just don’t use ProductID J) and have that uninstall program advertised to that collection…

 

 

 

Hello list,

I’m interested in removing the Google Toolbar in an automated fashion. It seems that the Google Toolbar is installed as an MSI package, however when removing it using the WMI Win32_Product.Uninstall() method, the files still remain in the %PROGRAMFILES%\Google folder. It does disappear from the Windows Installer database however, so it’s “gone” but not really. Also, the Google Updater service remains behind.

Any ideas on why this is? Anyone ever pursued this before?

Trevor Sullivan | Systems Engineer

End User Technology | IT Operations

 

OfficeMax Corporation

263 Shuman Boulevard, 1W775

Naperville, IL 60563

P: (630) 864-5211

C: (630) 346-4437

E: TrevorSullivan@OfficeMax.com

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