I’ve created the following Powershell script which will uninstall all versions of VMware Tools from a server.
Particularly handy for SCCM deployment.
uninstall_vmware_tools.ps1
$regpath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"
$regkey = gci $regpath | Get-ItemProperty | Where-Object{"VMware Tools" -contains $_.DisplayName}
#Uninstall String
msiexec /x $regkey.PSChildName /qn
#Reboot server within 120 seconds.
shutdown -r -f -t 120
The following is a validation script used for detection; confirming if successfully uninstalled.
check_vmware_tools.ps1
$regpath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"
$regkey = gci $regpath | Get-ItemProperty | Where-Object{"VMware Tools" -contains $_.DisplayName}
If($regkey)
{
Echo "Software still exists."
return $false;
}
Else
{
Echo "VMware Tools successfully uninstalled."
return $true;
}