[Phoe6] | I have to uninstall an application and I don't find the uninstaller, | the option available to me is to access Add/Remove Programs, | select the | application and remove from there. | | I am trying to automate this task using Python: | 1) Get the Application Name | 2) Access the Add/Remove Program details and check if the application | is present. | 3) If present, then uninstall it. | | I want to understand the Python Win32 modules/calls that would helpful | to me in this direction. Are there any? I don't want to do it as GUI | automation using dogtail, as I want to maintain a homogeneous | execution | environment of only CLI.
Not actually tried it myself, but WMI looks like a useful candidate here: Bit of an example (the other way round) here: http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/wmi_cookbook.html#install-a-product and perhaps you need something like this (altho' obviously more sophisticated): <code> import wmi appname = "Python 2.4.3" c = wmi.WMI () for product in c.Win32_Product (Caption=appname): print product.Caption # product.Uninstall () </code> TJG ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
