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Uninstall Fonts through VBScript

I had to uninstall Helvetica and FoundersGrotesk fonts from all the machines in our environment. They had been initially been deployed through MSI a few years back when no one bothered to check if the uninstall of that MSI was actually removing the fonts. So now, since those MSI were not uninstalling the fonts from the machine, I decided to write a VBScript to delete those fonts. While I could find scripts to remove the fonts, but none of them actually helped me to remove the fonts. I wanted a script which will delete any font starting with Helvetica or FoundersGrotesk from Windows\Fonts folder and from Registry to completely remove it. You can use this script for other fonts, by replacing Helvetica with your font name and then change the length from 9 to the one of your fonts length. I have mentioned this in comments in the script where you need to change it. This script will work for both 32-bit an 64-bit machines. 'Script to Delete Font 'Created by: Piyush Nasa 'Date: 21...
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Citrix Receiver upgrade and double icon issue

I recently had to upgrade Citrix Receiver for one of my clients and I faced numerous issues during the install. I had to enable SSO for Citrix Receiver and add a storefront URL so when the users launch Citrix Receiver they should be able to launch their apps store directly without going through login prompts and entering the url. While Citrix Receiver can be installed with the following command: CitrixReceiver.exe /silent /noreboot /includeSSON ENABLE_SSON=Yes ALLOWADDSTORE=N ALLOWSAVEPWD=S And Store URL can be set in the ADM template of Citrix Receiver, however, you will need to uninstall the older version before you install the new one. Other issues faced were for double icons which appeared on those users machines who had added an app store themselves in the previous version. When a new store was added through Group policy, it actually doubled the store and the icons. The stores are created in the below registry key: HKCU\Software\Citrix\Dazzle When I removed this for the user and i...
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How to uninstall any version of Java

I wanted to uninstall Java from all the machines and install the latest one. There were sometimes multiple versions of Java which had to be removed. Some machines had both 32 bit and 64 bit Java versions. Here is the easiest batch script to uninstall any version of Java on the machine. There were scripts available but they did not delete 64 bit versions of Java and some very old versions of Java. Hence I modified those scripts to meet my need. set mycmd=reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall /s /f *java* for /f " usebackq delims={} tokens=2" %%i IN (`%mycmd%`) do ( msiexec /uninstall {%%i} /passive ) set mycmd=reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall /s /f *java* for /f " usebackq delims={} tokens=2" %%i IN (`%mycmd%`) do ( msiexec /uninstall {%%i} /passive )
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VBScript to change the proxy settings if disconnected from VPN

When connected to VPN, user's IE proxy settings get changed and is forced by VPN. Often the users might get disconnected from VPN while working from home and this does not revert back the proxy settings to the original one. I have written a VBScript to change the proxy settings of the users. This script can be made a shortcut and then used. 'Script Created by Piyush Nasa 'Script to change Proxy settings for user if disconnected from VPN Option Explicit Dim valUserIn Dim objShell, RegLocate, RegLocate1 Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") On Error Resume Next valUserIn = MsgBox("If you have been disconnected from VPN and want to reset your proxy, click Yes and restart Internet Explorer",4,"Proxy Reset") If valUserIn=vbYes Then RegLocate = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ProxyServer" objShell.RegWrite RegLocate,"","REG_SZ" RegLocate = "HKEY_CURRENT_U...
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Apple Inc. formerly   Apple Computer, Inc.,   is an   multinational corporation   headquartered in Cupertino ,   California , with a focus on designing, manufacturing, and selling consumer electronics and computer software products ( www.apple.com ). Apple Inc. was originally founded in 1976 as Apple Computer, Inc. but recently changed its name to Apple Inc. in January of 2007 ( www.apple.com ). Apple Inc. is consistently introducing new technology with an array of electronic products available.  Many of their most recognizable products include the Macintosh desktops and portable computers,  Mac OS X  operating systems, the  iPod  music player, as well as the iTunes store, the iPhone smartphone, and additional professional software applications ( www.apple.com ).   From the articles and information, I have done some analysis and evaluations. In my analysis, I have related the case to three concepts which are concept of demand and ...
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Packaging Skype with Auto Update disabled

EDITED: I have edited this post on 30-Aug-2013 after some users comments that the given solution is not working. I have studied in depth the skype update process and created this solution for all. Please check below (Edited Section) for more information. Recently while packaging Skype for enterprise version, I could not disable the Auto Updates and finally found a way to get rid of it. You can get the latest version of Skype setup in MSI format from the following URL: http://download.skype.com/msi/SkypeSetup.msi  or http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-msi There is no registry, file which can disable the Auto Update functionality of Skype. I searched in lots of forums and all said that it automatically prompts for update. So finally I decided to look in the MSI and find why and how it is doing it. What I found was that Skype has an Updater.exe in the installation folder and it also creates a Skype Update service which points to this exe. I just removed this service and updater.exe file...
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How to clear App-V Cache

This has become my favorite site today because one of the issue which I was facing in App-V while testing was because the App-V cache was not getting cleared. I used one of the method used here and it worked for me. I want to share this link with all and want to bookmark it for myself for future reference. http://esense.be/33/2010/04/15/softgrid-clear-the-appv-cache/ In Summary, these are a few good options to start with: First, get a list of all AppV applications: sftmime query obj:app /short Remove all applications from the cache: sftmime.exe remove obj:app /global /complete Remove a specific application from the cache: sftmime.exe remove app:”applicationName” /complete Hope your issues are solved with this as well.
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