Uninstall Dropbox Script

The script simply searches for DropboxUninstaller.exe and if found, runs is with the /S switch. Time consuming script as it searches the hard drive. This could be done better…but meh.

UninstallDropbox.vbs


' Search computer for Dropbox installation and uninstall Dropbox if found.
' Created by Andrew Zbikowski
' Version: 2013-06-10_01
' Tested against Dropbox version 2.0.23
Option Explicit

' Objects
Dim objShell, objWMI, objFile
' Collections
Dim colFiles
' Strings
Dim strFileQuery, strComputer, strUninstallCmd


Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

strComputer = "."
Set objWMI = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
& strComputer & "\root\cimv2")


strFileQuery = "SELECT Name FROM CIM_DataFile WHERE filename = 'DropboxUninstaller' AND extension = 'exe'"

Set colFiles = objWMI.ExecQuery(strFileQuery)

if colFiles.Count > 0 Then
For Each objFile in colFiles
On Error Resume Next
strUninstallCmd = Chr(34) & objFile.Name & Chr(34) & " /S"
objShell.Run strUninstallCmd,0,True ' Run uninstaller, wait for it to finish.
Next
End If

WScript.Quit

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