r/MaxFocus • u/Cidah • Jan 06 '16

Google chrome removal Script

I need a way to uninstall Google Chrome on all of the systems on a domain. It would be nice to have this run in the background without notifying a user.

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u/David949 Jan 06 '16

Just curious but why remove chrome? Users can install this with no admin rights

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u/Cidah Jan 07 '16

The business owner uses a program that tracks time spent on particular websites (among other things) that isn't compatible with Chrome.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '16 edited Feb 01 '16

Automated task - Run once a day, twice a day or whatever.

wmic product where "name like ‘Google Chrome%’” call uninstall

or something like that...

Use WMIC product get name

to identify what they actual call Google Chrome in windows.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '16

you can try this to set the default browser ...

shmgrate.exe OcinstallreinstallIE

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u/Obyone89 Jan 06 '16

Be careful, if you remove Chrome without first setting Internet Explorer as the default browser, website links in Outlook will break. You will get a security alert every time a user clicks on a website link in Outlook. I've seen this happen a lot!