TeamViewer winget uninstall failing

[dlundahl91]

Hey team!

When I install Teamviewer.Teamviewer with the winget-install, it installs just fine. (under system context, as it gets installed in Program Files)
However, the uninstallation does not work, it gives this result in the install logs:

08:11:31 - ###   10/7/2023 - NEW UNINSTALL REQUEST   ###
08:11:31 - Using following Winget Cmd: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.desktopappinstaller_1.21.2721.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\winget.exe

08:11:31 - Start TeamViewer.TeamViewer processing...
08:11:32 - -> Uninstalling TeamViewer.TeamViewer...
08:11:32 - -> Running: "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.desktopappinstaller_1.21.2721.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\winget.exe" uninstall --id TeamViewer.TeamViewer -e --accept-source-agreements -h

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  ██████████████████████████████  8.07 MB / 8.07 MB
                                                                                                                        
Found TeamViewer [TeamViewer.TeamViewer]
Starting package uninstall...

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Successfully uninstalled
08:11:34 - -> TeamViewer.TeamViewer uninstall failed!
08:11:34 - TeamViewer.TeamViewer processing finished!

08:11:35 - ###   END REQUEST   ###

Any ideas? I'd love some help/input!

[dlundahl91]

Hey team!

So I decided to try and uninstall it manually by using
winget uninstall Teamviewer.Teamviewer

But after using this, I get a popup, looking like this:

After popup, I tried to write in:
winget uninstall --help

and learned it is possible for me to use this command instead
winget uninstall Teamviewer.Teamviewer --silent

However, it still comes up with the popup. Could that be why the winget uninstall fails?

Do you have any idea how I may fix this uninstall issue?

Thanks so much in advance guys!

[KnifMelti]

Winget-Install is already running a silent uninstall:
Running: "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.desktopappinstaller_1.21.2721.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\winget.exe" uninstall --id TeamViewer.TeamViewer -e --accept-source-agreements -h

-h = --silent -h,--silent Request silent installation

As @Romanitho already points out:
https://github.com/Romanitho/Winget-Install#uninstall

[Romanitho]

Exactly. The Winget uninstall part is not very well managed in my opinion. I often use native uninstallers.

[dlundahl91]

As a temporary solution, I have found this intune uninstall command to work:
"C:\Program Files\TeamViewer\uninstall.exe" /S

I would however greatly appreciate input when you guys have time. Look forward to hearing from you when the business days shine again. B-)

[KnifMelti]

That's a manifest issue, it's an InstallerType: nullsoft with no override parameters:
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/blob/master/manifests/t/TeamViewer/TeamViewer/15.46.5/TeamViewer.TeamViewer.installer.yaml
Your own workaround is one way to solve it, mods is another.
https://github.com/Romanitho/Winget-Install#custom-mods
Rename to .ps1: TeamViewer.TeamViewer-preuninstall.txt