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Ghost applications in programs and features?


Chimaera
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I have a script that auto removes a load of unwanted stuff from the machine, using the uninistallers for the product it just runs them one after another from an array.

I've noticed that since ive been using it it seems to leave a ghost uninstall for some of the programs in programs and features which if you remove it, gives a message that the program has already been removed, would you like to remove the entry.

Has anyone had this problem?

Have i missed something?, you would imagine removing via uninstaller would remove the entry?

Any thoughts on how to clean out these entries?

Here's the uninstall section of the script

For $UninstallLoop = 1 To $aUninstallList[0]
        GUICtrlSetData($hProgress, 0 & " %")
        Sleep(200)
        GUICtrlSetData($hProgress, 20 & " %")
        Sleep(200)
        If StringInStr($aUninstallList[$UninstallLoop], 'MsiExec.exe', 1) Then ; Check For MSI Uninstaller
            GUICtrlSetData($hProgress, 40 & " %")
            Sleep(200)
            $aUninstallList[$UninstallLoop] = StringReplace($aUninstallList[$UninstallLoop], "/I", "/X")
            $PID = Run($aUninstallList[$UninstallLoop] & ' /qb /quiet /passive /norestart')
            _ProcessWaitCloseRec($PID, 60)
            If @error < 0 Then MsgBox(64, 'Uninstall Failure', 'Failed Uninstall ' & $aUninstallList[$UninstallLoop])
            GUICtrlSetData($hProgress, 60 & " %")
            Sleep(1000)
            _WindowClose()
            GUICtrlSetData($hProgress, 80 & " %")
        Else
            GUICtrlSetData($hProgress, 20 & " %")
            Sleep(200)
            $PID = Run($aUninstallList[$UninstallLoop] & ' /s /S /sp- /silent /norestart /remove /q0 /uninstall')
            _ProcessWaitCloseRec($PID, 60)
            If @error < 0 Then MsgBox(64, 'Uninstall Failure', 'Failed Uninstall ' & $aUninstallList[$UninstallLoop])
            GUICtrlSetData($hProgress, 60 & " %")
            Sleep(1000)
            _WindowClose()
            GUICtrlSetData($hProgress, 80 & " %")
        EndIf
    Next
; #FUNCTION# ====================================================================================================================
; Name ..........: _ProcessWaitCloseRec
; Description ...:  Pauses script execution until a given process and its childs processes not exist.
; Syntax ........: _ProcessWaitCloseRec($iPid)
; Parameters ....: $vProcess            - The name or PID of the process to check.
;                  $iTimeout            - [optional] Specifies how long to wait (in seconds). Default is to wait indefinitely.
; Return values .: Sucess       Returns 1
;                  Failure      0 if the wait timed out. Set @error to non-zero on error.
; Author ........: jguinch
; ===============================================================================================================================
Func _ProcessWaitCloseRec($vProcess, $iTimeout = 0)
    Local $sProcesses = ProcessExists($vProcess), $aProcessList, $aChilds, $iContinue
    Local $hTimer = TimerInit()
    While 1
        If $iTimeout And TimerDiff($hTimer) > $iTimeout * 1000 Then Return 0
        $iContinue = 0
        $aProcessList = StringRegExp($sProcesses, "\d+", 3)
        For $i = 0 To UBound($aProcessList) - 1
            If ProcessExists($aProcessList[$i]) Then $iContinue = 1
            $aChilds = _WinAPI_EnumChildProcess($aProcessList[$i])
            If Not @error And $aChilds[0][0] > 0 Then
                For $j = 1 To $aChilds[0][0]
                    If Not StringRegExp($sProcesses, "(?:^|;)" & $aChilds[$j][0] & "(?:;|$)") Then
                        $sProcesses &= ";" & $aChilds[$j][0]
                        $iContinue = 1
                    EndIf
                Next
            EndIf
            Sleep(10)
            _WindowClose()
        Next
        If Not $iContinue Then ExitLoop
    WEnd
    Return 1
EndFunc   ;==>_ProcessWaitCloseRec
Edited by Chimaera
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