Uninstall-VMwareTools.ps1

function ConvertTo-PackedGuid {
    <#
	.SYNOPSIS
		https://gist.github.com/MyITGuy/d3e039c5ec7865edefc157fcd625a20a
        Converts a GUID string into a packed globally unique identifier (GUID) string.
	.DESCRIPTION
		Takes a GUID string and breaks it into 6 parts. It then loops through the first five parts and reversing the order. It loops through the sixth part and reversing the order of every 2 characters. It then joins the parts back together and returns a packed GUID string.
	.EXAMPLE
		ConvertTo-PackedGuid -Guid '{7C6F0282-3DCD-4A80-95AC-BB298E821C44}'
	
    The output of this example would be: 2820F6C7DCD308A459CABB92E828C144
	.PARAMETER Guid
    A globally unique identifier (GUID).
	#>
    [CmdletBinding()]
    [OutputType([System.String])]
    param (
        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName, Mandatory)]
        [ValidateScript( { [System.Guid]::Parse($_) -is [System.Guid] })]
        [System.Guid]$Guid
    )
    process {
        Write-Verbose "Guid: $($Guid)"
        $GuidString = $Guid.ToString('N')
        Write-Verbose "GuidString: $($GuidString)"
        $Indexes = [ordered]@{
            0  = 8
            8  = 4
            12 = 4
            16 = 2
            18 = 2
            20 = 12
        }
        $PackedGuid = ''
        foreach ($index in $Indexes.GetEnumerator()) {
            $Substring = $GuidString.Substring($index.Key, $index.Value)
            Write-Verbose "Substring: $($Substring)"
            switch ($index.Key) {
                20 {
                    $parts = $Substring -split '(.{2})' | Where-Object { $_ }
                    foreach ($part In $parts) {
                        $part = $part -split '(.{1})'
                        Write-Verbose "Part: $($part)"
                        [System.Array]::Reverse($part)
                        Write-Verbose "Reversed: $($part)"
                        $PackedGuid += $part -join ''
                    }
                }
                default {
                    $part = $Substring.ToCharArray()
                    Write-Verbose "Part: $($part)"
                    [System.Array]::Reverse($part)
                    Write-Verbose "Reversed: $($part)"
                    $PackedGuid += $part -join ''
                }
            }
        }
        [System.Guid]::Parse($PackedGuid).ToString('N').ToUpper()
    }
}

# Create an instance of the WindowsInstaller.Installer object
$installer = New-Object -ComObject WindowsInstaller.Installer
 
# Get the list of installed programs and find the VMware Tools entry
$vmwareTools = Get-WmiObject -Query "SELECT * FROM Win32_Product WHERE Name = 'VMware Tools'"

if ($vmwareTools) {
    # Extract the identifying number (GUID)
    [guid]$guid = $vmwareTools.IdentifyingNumber
    
    # Convert the guid to a packed guid
    [string]$packedguid = ConvertTo-PackedGuid $guid

    # Get the LocalPackage path from the registry
    $localPackage = Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\$packedguid\InstallProperties" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty LocalPackage

    if ($localPackage) {
        Write-Output "VMware Tools MSI path: $localPackage"

        # Open the MSI database in read-write mode
        $database = $installer.GetType().InvokeMember("OpenDatabase", "InvokeMethod", $null, $installer, @("$localPackage", 2))

        # Remove the VM_LogStart row in the CustomAction table
        $query = "DELETE FROM CustomAction WHERE Action='VM_LogStart'"
        $view = $database.GetType().InvokeMember("OpenView", "InvokeMethod", $null, $database, @($query))
        $view.GetType().InvokeMember("Execute", "InvokeMethod", $null, $view, $null)
        $view.GetType().InvokeMember("Close", "InvokeMethod", $null, $view, $null)
        [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::FinalReleaseComObject($view)

        # Commit the changes and close the database
        $database.GetType().InvokeMember("Commit", "InvokeMethod", $null, $database, $null)
        [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::FinalReleaseComObject($database)

        # Uninstall VMware Tools
        Start-Process msiexec.exe -ArgumentList "/x `"$localPackage`" /qn" -Wait
    } else {
        Write-Output "LocalPackage path not found in the registry."
    }
} else {
    Write-Output "VMware Tools is not installed."
}

Fixed type mismatch error in OpenDatabase method by putting quotes around "$localPackage"

does this script remove the monitor driver and vmxnet3?

Thanks for this! Much cleaner uninstall than the brute-force cleanup method.

does this script remove the monitor driver and vmxnet3?

It does not. It only does as much as what VMware's own uninstall does, which is a bit less than desired. This script could probably be combined with some of the brute-force methods to clean up some of the various drivers and non-present devices left behind.

does this script remove the monitor driver and vmxnet3?

@aadnehovda I threw this into my own clean-up script I'm using:

Get-PnpDevice -Status "UNKNOWN" -Class "Processor" | ForEach-Object {pnputil /remove-device $_.InstanceId}
Get-PnpDevice -Status "UNKNOWN" -Class "System" | ForEach-Object {pnputil /remove-device $_.InstanceId
Get-PnpDevice -Status "UNKNOWN" -Class "USB" | ForEach-Object {pnputil /remove-device $_.InstanceId}
Get-PnpDevice -Status "UNKNOWN" -Class "Volume" | ForEach-Object {pnputil /remove-device $_.InstanceId}
Get-PnpDevice -Status "UNKNOWN" -Class "SCSIAdapter" | ForEach-Object {pnputil /remove-device $_.InstanceId}
Get-PnpDevice -Status "UNKNOWN" -Class "Ports" | ForEach-Object {pnputil /remove-device $_.InstanceId}
Get-PnpDevice -Status "UNKNOWN" -Class "HDC" | ForEach-Object {pnputil /remove-device $_.InstanceId}
Get-PnpDevice -Status "UNKNOWN" -Class "FloppyDisk" | ForEach-Object {pnputil /remove-device $_.InstanceId}
Get-PnpDevice -Status "UNKNOWN" -Class "FDC" | ForEach-Object {pnputil /remove-device $_.InstanceId}
Get-PnpDevice -Status "UNKNOWN" -Class "HIDClass" | ForEach-Object {pnputil /remove-device $_.InstanceId}
Get-PnpDevice -Status "UNKNOWN" -Class "Battery" | ForEach-Object {pnputil /remove-device $_.InstanceId}
Get-PnpDevice -Status "UNKNOWN" | Where-Object {$_.FriendlyName -like "VMware*"} | ForEach-Object {pnputil /remove-device $_.InstanceId}