Sunday, August 25, 2013

How we can uninstall a program using command prompt with few simple commands.

1. Click Start Menu.

2. Click All Programs.

3. Click Accessories and select Command Prompt.

4. When the command prompt is open, type wmic and press Enter.

5. Now type command: product get name and hit Enter. This command will populates a list of installed applications on your PC with complete name of an application.

6. Now type: product where name=” ” call uninstall and hit


Enter (Note: Inside name” “ you have to write the exact name of software you wish to uninstall from the populated list. 

For an example VMware Tools).

Example: product where name=”VMware Tools” call uninstall

7. Type Y for confirming un-installation process then press

Enter to uninstall the software completely.

This trick works on Windows
XP Professional, Windows Vista,
Windows 7, Windows Server
2003 and Windows Server 2008.

Enjoy!!!!

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