uninstall programs in visual basic

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hey am having some problems
am trying to code to uninstall a program in the programming language visual basics
i coded it to list all install program which is on the computer and am trying to code to uninstall it
so far i have this
Imports microsoft.win32
Imports system.IO

Dim RegistryKeyObj As RegistryKeyDim CurrentRegKeyObj As RegistryKeyDim IsMyAppBool As Boolean = False
RegistryPath =
Dim ProcessInfoObj As ProcessStartInfoDim UnInstallCmdStr As String = String.EmptyDim ProcessObj As New ProcessDim TempBachFile As StreamWriterSub Main()"SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products"
RegistryKeyObj = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(RegistryPath)

Try

CurrentRegKeyObj = RegistryKeyObj.OpenSubKey(ApplicationObj).OpenSubKey(

For Each ApplicationObj As String In RegistryKeyObj.GetSubKeyNames"InstallProperties")If Not CurrentRegKeyObj Is Nothing Then
If String.Compare(CurrentRegKeyObj.GetValue("DisplayName").ToString, MyAppStr) = 0 Then
UnInstallCmdStr = CurrentRegKeyObj.GetValue(
TempBachFile =
TempBachFile.WriteLine(UnInstallCmdStr)
TempBachFile.Close()
ProcessInfoObj =
ProcessInfoObj.RedirectStandardOutput =
"UninstallString").ToStringNew StreamWriter("Uninstall.bat")New ProcessStartInfo("Uninstall.bat")True
ProcessInfoObj.UseShellExecute = False

ProcessInfoObj.CreateNoWindow = False

ProcessObj.StartInfo = ProcessInfoObj
ProcessObj.Start()
ProcessObj.WaitForExit()
IsMyAppBool =
True
Exit For

End If

End If

Next

If IsMyAppBool = False Then
Console.WriteLine(

"Application : " & MyAppStr & " had not installed in the system.")End If

Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)

Catch ex As ExceptionEnd Try
Console.ReadKey()

End

i really need help

Posted 29-Oct-12 15:23pm

sean871

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2012-10-29T17:44:00

There are pieces of the code that are missing.

You also do NOT need to write a temporary batch file.

As a bmuch better alternative, you should be getting the list of installed software from WMI and the Win32_Product[^] class. Each instance has a method called, of course, Uninstall. This will make uninstalling any piece of software much easier than writing a stupid batch file.