Delete start menu shortcuts containing "uninstall"
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Description
This task will delete any start menu shortcuts containing "uninstall"
Users without Admin rights cannot delete these shortcuts, and they cannot actually uninstall most programs either. Programs can be uninstalled through the "Add/Remove Programs" UI instead of using these shortcuts.
To see what this task will delete, see the property "All Users Start Menu "Uninstall" shortcuts" in the analysis "All Users - Files & Shortcuts - Desktop & Start Menu - Windows"
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Delete start menu shortcuts containing "uninstall" | |
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jgs194 | |
11/27/2013 12:00:00 AM | |
jgstew on 11/27/2013 9:44:50 AM | |
jgstew on 11/27/2013 9:44:50 AM | |
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isWindows (Relevance 1172)

windows of operating system
Used in 1 fixlet | * Results in a true/false |

exists descendants whose(name of it as lowercase ends with ".lnk" AND name of it as lowercase contains "uninstall") of folder ((it as string) of value "Common Start Menu" of key "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders" of native registry)
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dos del {("%22" & it & "%22") of concatenation "%22;%22" of pathnames of descendants whose(name of it as lowercase ends with ".lnk" AND name of it as lowercase contains "uninstall") of folder ((it as string) of value "Common Start Menu" of key "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders" of native registry)}Success Criteria
This action will be considered successful when the applicability relevance evaluates to false.
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