Function intended for uninstalling older versions of functions installed from PowerShell Gallery
Uninstall-ModuleOlderVersion [-Name <String>] [-Scope <String>] [-PassThru] [-ReturnExitCode] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
Uninstall-ModuleOlderVersion [-Name <String>] [-Path <String>] [-PassThru] [-ReturnExitCode] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]Function intended for uninstalling older versions of functions installed from PowerShell Gallery what left if Update-Module is used.
The name of module for what older versions need to be uninstalled. If not provided all modules in scope will be checked.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
The scope what will be used for finding/uninstalling.
By default the scope is "AllUsers", what means that modules in the folder \WindowsPowerShell\Modules will be checked.
For the scope "CurrentUser" modules in the folder \Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules or \WindowsPowerShell\Modules will be checked.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value AllUsers
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
If the parameter path is filled than only modules installed on the path will be checked
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
If PassThru is set to true than the function will return custom Powershell object contains uninstalled modules will be returned
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
If the parameter is set to true than the function will return exit code number
Exit codes
-1 - Any module don't have older version installed
0 - The older module version installed successfully
1 - The error occured under uninstalling the older module version
2 - Some older version don't installed due to user decision
3 - The interrupted by user decision
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
AUTHOR: Wojciech Sciesinski, wojciech[at]sciesinski[dot]net
KEYWORDS: PowerShell, PowerShell Gallery, modules
VERSIONS HISTORY
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0.1.0 - 2016-02-18 - The first draft
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0.1.1 - 2016-02-19 - Modules filtering corrected
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0.2.0 - 2016-02-23 - Uninstall-Module used except Remove-Item on a folder, PassThru implemented,parameter sets implemented, exit codes implemented, help updated
TODO
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update help
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check if function is used in elevated PowerShell
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implement pipeline for the module name
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implement support for uninstalling scripts also
LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2016 Wojciech Sciesinski
This function is licensed under The MIT License (MIT)
Full license text: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
PS C:\>Uninstalling modules with default parameters for scope (AllUsers) and name (all modules).
[PS] > Uninstall-ModuleOlderVersion -Verbose -PassThru
VERBOSE: Uninstalling older version of module(s) from the path: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules*
VERBOSE: Older versions for modules: PSScriptAnalyzer found
VERBOSE: For the module PSScriptAnalyzer 3 versions found.
Uninstall module
Do you want to uninstall the version 1.2.0 of the module PSScriptAnalyzer?
[Y] Yes [A] All [N] No [O] No for All [?] Help (default is "Y"): y
VERBOSE: Uninstalling the 1.2.0 of the module PSScriptAnalyzer.
What if: Performing the operation "Uninstall-Module" on target "Version '1.2.0' of module 'PSScriptAnalyzer'".
Uninstall module
Do you want to uninstall the version 1.3.0 of the module PSScriptAnalyzer?
[Y] Yes [A] All [N] No [O] No for All [?] Help (default is "Y"): y
VERBOSE: Uninstalling the 1.3.0 of the module PSScriptAnalyzer.
What if: Performing the operation "Uninstall-Module" on target "Version '1.3.0' of module 'PSScriptAnalyzer'".
Directory: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules
ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands
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Binary 1.2.0 PSScriptAnalyzer {Get-ScriptAnalyzerRule, Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer}
Script 1.3.0 PSScriptAnalyzer {Get-ScriptAnalyzerRule, Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer}