How to uninstall an application, installed multiple times on a Windows 10 machine
Came across a machine where a 32-bit application deployed via SCCM was getting installed over and over due to an invalid detection rule. The OS was 64-bit and each time the app was installed it was creating an entry under wow6432node. As it was in auto deployed mode, the app installation was run N times, and it appeared like:
To overcome the issue performed the following steps –
- Stopped CCMEXEC
- Uninstalled the recent installation of the app manually
- Identified all registry entries of HARDCAT app under “C:\Program Files(x86)\Installshield Installation Information“
- Bulk deleted all these registry entries under “Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall“
Hope this helps.