Uninstalling a Windows Application From Python

Ensure that you have the Python WMI module installed and then call WMI to uninstall your application.

import wmi

c = wmi.WMI()

print ("Searching for matching products...")
for product in c.Win32_Product(Name = "Product Name"):
  print ("Uninstalling" + product.Name + "...")
  result = product.Uninstall()

To list the products that Windows knows about:

import wmi

c = wmi.WMI()
for product in c.Win32_Product():
  print product.Name

Software that has not been installed using Windows Installer (eg. Nullsoft Installer) will not be accessible through WMI.

References:

• http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t369110-re-accessing-add-remove-programs-details.html
• http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi/index.html
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa393941(v=VS.85).aspx