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Uninstall Microsoft Office

Summary​

This document allows the uninstallation of Microsoft Office products via OffScrub. Accepted Versions: All, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, and C2R. Leaving the parameter blank will remove all installed versions.

CW RMM implementation of Invoke-OfficeScrub agnostic script.

Sample Run​

Sample Run

To remove all installed versions:

Remove All

To remove selected versions:

Remove Selected 1

Remove Selected 2

Dependencies​

Invoke-OfficeScrub

User Parameters​

NameExampleAccepted ValuesRequiredDefaultTypeDescription
Version- All- 2003 - 2007 - 2010 - 2013 - 2016 - C2R - AllTrueAllText StringOffice Version to remove. Leaving it blank is equivalent to All.

User Parameters

Task Creation​

Create a new Script Editor style script in the system to implement this task.

Task Creation 1

Task Creation 2

Name: Uninstall Microsoft Office

Description: Allows the uninstallation of Microsoft Office products via OffScrub. Accepted Versions: All, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, and C2R. Leaving the parameter blank will remove all installed versions.

Category: Application

Task Creation 3

Parameters​

Version:​

Add a new parameter by clicking the Add Parameter button present at the top-right corner of the screen.

Add Parameter

This screen will appear.

Parameter Screen

  • Set Version in the Parameter Name field.
  • Select Text String from the Parameter Type dropdown menu.
  • Click the Save button.

Save Parameter

Task​

Navigate to the Script Editor Section and start by adding a row. You can do this by clicking the Add Row button at the bottom of the script page.

Add Row

A blank function will appear.

Blank Function

Row 1 Function: PowerShell Script​

Search and select the PowerShell Script function.

Select PowerShell

PowerShell Function

The following function will pop up on the screen:

PowerShell Function Popup

Paste in the following PowerShell script and set the Expected time of script execution in seconds to 3600 seconds. Click the Save button.

#region parameters
$version = '@version@'
$parameters = @{}
if ( ($version -match 'All|\SVersion\S') -or ([String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($version)) ) {
    $parameters.Add('All', $true)
} else {
    if ( $version -match '2003' ) {
        $parameters.Add('Office03', $true)
    }
    if ( $version -match '2007' ) {
        $parameters.Add('Office07', $true)
    }
    if ( $version -match '2010' ) {
        $parameters.Add('Office10', $true)
    }
    if ( $version -match '2013' ) {
        $parameters.Add('Office13', $true)
    }
    if ( $version -match '2016' ) {
        $parameters.Add('Office16', $true)
    }
    if ( $version -match 'C2R' ) {
        $parameters.Add('Officec2r', $true)
    }
}
if ( !($parameters) ) {
    throw 'Invalid version specified. Please specify either ''All'', ''2003'', ''2007'', ''2010'', ''2013'', ''2016'', or ''C2R''.'
}
#endregion
#region Setup - Variables
$ProjectName = 'Invoke-OfficeScrub'
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [enum]::ToObject([Net.SecurityProtocolType], 3072)
$BaseURL = 'https://file.provaltech.com/repo'
$PS1URL = "$BaseURL/script/$ProjectName.ps1"
$WorkingDirectory = "C:\ProgramData\_automation\script\$ProjectName"
$PS1Path = "$WorkingDirectory\$ProjectName.ps1"
$WorkingPath = $WorkingDirectory
$LogPath = "$WorkingDirectory\$ProjectName-log.txt"
$ErrorLogPath = "$WorkingDirectory\$ProjectName-Error.txt"
#endregion
#region Setup - Folder Structure
New-Item -Path $WorkingDirectory -ItemType Directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $PS1URL -UseBasicParsing
if (($response.StatusCode -ne 200) -and (!(Test-Path -Path $PS1Path))) {
    throw "No pre-downloaded script exists and the script '$PS1URL' failed to download. Exiting."
} elseif ($response.StatusCode -eq 200) {
    Remove-Item -Path $PS1Path -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    [System.IO.File]::WriteAllLines($PS1Path, $response.Content)
}
if (!(Test-Path -Path $PS1Path)) {
    throw 'An error occurred and the script was unable to be downloaded. Exiting.'
}
#endregion
#region Execution
if ($Parameters) {
    & $PS1Path @Parameters
} else {
    & $PS1Path
}
#endregion
#region log verification
if ( !(Test-Path $LogPath) ) {
    throw 'PowerShell Failure. A Security application seems to have restricted the execution of the PowerShell Script.'
}
if ( Test-Path $ErrorLogPath ) {
    $ErrorContent = ( Get-Content -Path $ErrorLogPath )
    throw $ErrorContent
}
Get-Content -Path $LogPath
#endregion

Execution

Row 2 Function: Script Log​

Add a new row by clicking the Add Row button.

Add Row 2

A blank function will appear.

Blank Function 2

Search and select the Script Log function.

Select Script Log

The following function will pop up on the screen:

Script Log Popup

In the script log message, simply type %Output% and click the Save button.

Script Log Save

Click the Save button at the top-right corner of the screen to save the script.

Save Script

Completed Script​

Completed Script

Output​

  • Script log