Patrick Domingues

This PowerShell script is designed specifically to automate the removal of Dell SupportAssist and Dell Command | Update applications from systems. These Dell utilities are often pre-installed on Dell machines, and while useful for some environments, they may need to be removed for compliance, standardization, or even mitigating a potential vulnerability.

Script Overview:

• Targeted Uninstallation: The script uses application name matching to locate and uninstall Dell SupportAssist and Dell Command | Update silently.
• Automation-Friendly: Ideal for use in large-scale deployments, this script can be run remotely or as part of an automation process.
• Silent Execution: The uninstallation process runs quietly without user prompts, making it suitable for background execution.

This script provides an efficient and streamlined way to remove these common Dell utilities across multiple devices in your environment.

Steps to Run the PowerShell Script:

1. Open PowerShell with Administrator Privileges:

• Click on the Start menu, search for “PowerShell.”
• Right-click

Optimize your system’s performance with automated Disk Cleanup using PowerShell, ensuring thorough file removal across all user accounts effortlessly.

To run Disk Cleanup as the system user and clean up files for all user accounts on the computer using PowerShell, you can follow these steps:

1. Run Disk Cleanup as System User: To perform Disk Cleanup with elevated privileges, use the schtasks command to schedule a task that runs as the system user. This task will be set to clean up system files and files from all user accounts.
2. Execute Disk Cleanup: The cleanmgr utility can be used to run Disk Cleanup. However, there isn’t a direct way to specify all user accounts using cleanmgr. Instead, you can automate the process using the Dism (Deployment Imaging Service and Management Tool) command, which can clean up system components and Windows Update files.

Here’s an example PowerShell script to accomplish this:

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Learn how Scanning Directories for Files with PowerShell can help you locate specific files, making it easy to identify their paths, sizes, and modification dates.

Script Overview

The PowerShell script provided below searches for .xlsx files starting from the root directory C:\. It recursively scans through all subdirectories and returns a list of files that match the specified criteria. For each found file, it displays the full file path, file size, and the last modified date.

Get-ChildItem -Path C:\ -Recurse -Include *filenamehere.xlsx | Select-Object FullName, Length, LastWriteTime

Explanation of the Script

• Get-ChildItem: This cmdlet retrieves the items (files and directories) from a specified location. It can be used to list files and directories in a given path.
• **-Path C:**: This specifies the starting point for the search, which is the root directory C:\. You can change this to any directory you want to start your search from.