<# .SYNOPSIS Uninstall Winget-AutoUpdate .DESCRIPTION Uninstall Winget-AutoUpdate (DEFAULT: clean old install) https://github.com/Romanitho/Winget-AutoUpdate .PARAMETER NoClean Uninstall Winget-AutoUpdate (keep critical files) .EXAMPLE .\WAU-Uninstall.ps1 -NoClean #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [Parameter(Mandatory = $False)] [Switch] $NoClean = $false ) Write-Host "`n" Write-Host "`t 888 888 d8888 888 888" -ForegroundColor Magenta Write-Host "`t 888 o 888 d88888 888 888" -ForegroundColor Magenta Write-Host "`t 888 d8b 888 d88P888 888 888" -ForegroundColor Magenta Write-Host "`t 888 d888b 888 d88P 888 888 888" -ForegroundColor Magenta Write-Host "`t 888d88888b888 d88P 888 888 888" -ForegroundColor Magenta Write-Host "`t 88888P Y88888 d88P 888 888 888" -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host "`t 8888P Y8888 d88P 888 888 888" -ForegroundColor Magenta Write-Host "`t 888P Y888 d88P 888 Y8888888P`n" -ForegroundColor Magenta Write-Host "`t Winget-AutoUpdate`n" -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host "`t https://github.com/Romanitho/Winget-AutoUpdate`n" -ForegroundColor Magenta Write-Host "`t________________________________________________________`n`n" try { Write-host "Uninstalling WAU..." -ForegroundColor Yellow #Get registry install location $InstallLocation = Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Winget-AutoUpdate\" -Name InstallLocation #Check if installed location exists and delete if (Test-Path ($InstallLocation)) { if (!$NoClean) { Remove-Item "$InstallLocation\*" -Force -Recurse -Exclude "*.log" } else { #Keep critical files Get-ChildItem -Path $InstallLocation -Exclude *.txt, mods, logs | Remove-Item -Recurse -Force } Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "Winget-AutoUpdate" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Unregister-ScheduledTask -Confirm:$False Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "Winget-AutoUpdate-Notify" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Unregister-ScheduledTask -Confirm:$False Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "Winget-AutoUpdate-UserContext" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Unregister-ScheduledTask -Confirm:$False & reg delete "HKCR\AppUserModelId\Windows.SystemToast.Winget.Notification" /f | Out-Null & reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Winget-AutoUpdate" /f | Out-Null & reg delete "HKLM\Software\Classes\WAU" /f | Out-Null if (Test-Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Winget-AutoUpdate") { & reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Winget-AutoUpdate" /f | Out-Null } if ((Test-Path "${env:ProgramData}\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Winget-AutoUpdate (WAU)")) { Remove-Item -Path "${env:ProgramData}\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Winget-AutoUpdate (WAU)" -Recurse -Force | Out-Null } if ((Test-Path "${env:Public}\Desktop\WAU - Check for updated Apps.lnk")) { Remove-Item -Path "${env:Public}\Desktop\WAU - Check for updated Apps.lnk" -Force | Out-Null } Write-host "Uninstallation succeeded!" -ForegroundColor Green } else { Write-host "$InstallLocation not found! Uninstallation failed!" -ForegroundColor Red } } catch { Write-host "`nUninstallation failed! Run as admin ?" -ForegroundColor Red } Start-sleep 2