Package providers are bundled with the WMF installation.
You can easily add package providers (and remove) if you know the search locations (even your own custom package providers).
Find where your package-provider is installed:
$p = (Get-packageProvider -name Chocolatey);
$p.ProviderPath
If you remove / move the assembly to somewhere outside the providers default search path; it will be unavailable (NB: Restart your host too see the effects).
Similarly can you add package providers by copying a exe / dll that implements the specifications for a packageprovider to the search location.
More documentation can be found here (implementing your own and the default search locations):
https://github.com/OneGet/oneget/wiki/Provider-assembly-search-locations https://github.com/OneGet/oneget/wiki/ImplementingPackageProvider
Answer from Harald F. on Stack OverflowPackage providers are bundled with the WMF installation.
You can easily add package providers (and remove) if you know the search locations (even your own custom package providers).
Find where your package-provider is installed:
$p = (Get-packageProvider -name Chocolatey);
$p.ProviderPath
If you remove / move the assembly to somewhere outside the providers default search path; it will be unavailable (NB: Restart your host too see the effects).
Similarly can you add package providers by copying a exe / dll that implements the specifications for a packageprovider to the search location.
More documentation can be found here (implementing your own and the default search locations):
https://github.com/OneGet/oneget/wiki/Provider-assembly-search-locations https://github.com/OneGet/oneget/wiki/ImplementingPackageProvider
A simple example of how to remove NuGet provider
(Get-PackageProvider|where-object{$_.name -eq "nuget"}).ProviderPath|Remove-Item -force
Restart-Computer
How do I remove NuGet package manager via PowerShell or in the GUI?
Uninstall-package not working...?
Maybe it only works for Windows Installer based applications (msi, msp, kb).
There is no way it can detect the silent installation switches for executables by itself...
Get-Package and Uninstall-Package
PowerShell PackageManagement - How to uninstall a package provider? - Stack Overflow
Hey guys!
i've searched alot but could not find my answer... it is involving the new package manager function in Powershell 5.0. it's like in Linux where you have a software repository to download software from using shell directly.
More info: http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/windows-10-powershell-package-manager,2-16.html
i'm running powershell as administrator and as you can see below the "uninstall-package" did not uninstall the software... Anyone knows the solution?
Thanks in forward!
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PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-package '7-Zip 17.00 beta (x64)'
Name Version Source ProviderName
7-Zip 17.00 beta (x64) 17.00 beta Programs
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-package '7-Zip 17.00 beta (x64)' | uninstall-package -Force -verbose
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-package '7-Zip 17.00 beta (x64)'
Name Version Source ProviderName
7-Zip 17.00 beta (x64) 17.00 beta Programs
Maybe it only works for Windows Installer based applications (msi, msp, kb).
There is no way it can detect the silent installation switches for executables by itself...
I actually had to make a PowerShell script at work to remove 7-Zip (I guess there are vulnerabilities in versions less than 16). The best way I found was running the MSI uninstall, which was:
msiexec.exe /X <7-ZIP GUID> /quiet /norestart
The GUID can be obtained from HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall{23170F69-40C1-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXX}. This GUID changes depending on the installed version of 7-Zip. Also noticed that some earlier beta versions of 7-Zip used the key "7-Zip" instead of the GUID.
Can someone explain the process of uninstalling a program that displays in the control panel. Or point me to some documentation I can read.
I can’t even figure out how to uninstall Notepad++. Uninstall-Package does nothing, Remove-WmiObject does nothing, Remove-package does nothing.
Idk what i’m missing here