Removing SolarPuTTY

Steve

Nov 12, 2023 • 2 min read

I tried out SolarPuTTY for a little bit but ended up not liking it over just regular PuTTY. Every time I went to Start and typed 'putty', SolarPuTTY would start and start with some previously connected servers. There isn't a direct uninstaller, so I'm uploading the one another user on a forum posted:

https://thwack.solarwinds.com/free-tools-trials/f/solar-putty/3015/how-can-i-uninstall/4059

REM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REM @Author: Richard John
REM @Version: 3.0
REM
REM Deletes the Solar-PuTTY directory
REM Deletes the Solar-PuTTY shortcut
REM Deletes all jump list items from the Start menu
REM Deletes the data.dat file
REM Deletes logs
REM Deletes registry entry of the Solar-PuTTY tool
REM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

REM Deletes the Solar-PuTTY directory
del /q "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Solar-PuTTY*"
FOR /D %%p IN ("%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Solar-PuTTY*.*") DO rmdir "%%p" /s /q
rmdir "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Solar-PuTTY"

REM Deletes the Solar-PuTTY-v2 directory
del /q "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Solar-PuTTY-v2*"
FOR /D %%p IN ("%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Solar-PuTTY-v2*.*") DO rmdir "%%p" /s /q
rmdir "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Solar-PuTTY-v2"

REM Deletes the Solar-PuTTY-v3 directory
del /q "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Solar-PuTTY-v3*"
FOR /D %%p IN ("%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Solar-PuTTY-v3*.*") DO rmdir "%%p" /s /q
rmdir "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Solar-PuTTY-v3"

REM Deletes the Solar-PuTTY shortcut
del "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Solar-PuTTY.lnk"

REM Deletes the jump list items from the Start menu
del /q "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Solar-PuTTY*"
FOR /D %%p IN ("%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Solar-PuTTY*.*") DO rmdir "%%p" /s /q
rmdir "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Solar-PuTTY"

del /q "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Programs\Solar-PuTTY*"
FOR /D %%p IN ("%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Programs\Solar-PuTTY*.*") DO rmdir "%%p" /s /q
rmdir "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Programs\Solar-PuTTY"

del /q "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SolarWinds\Solar-PuTTY*"
FOR /D %%p IN ("%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SolarWinds\Solar-PuTTY*.*") DO rmdir "%%p" /s /q
rmdir "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SolarWinds\Solar-PuTTY"

REM Deletes the data.dat file
del /q "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Solarwinds\FreeTools\Solar-PuTTY*"
FOR /D %%p IN ("%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Solarwinds\FreeTools\Solar-PuTTY*.*") DO rmdir "%%p" /s /q
rmdir "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Solarwinds\FreeTools\Solar-PuTTY"

REM Deletes logs
del /q "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Solarwinds\Logs\Solar-PuTTY*"
FOR /D %%p IN ("%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Solarwinds\Logs\Solar-PuTTY*.*") DO rmdir "%%p" /s /q
rmdir "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Solarwinds\Logs\Solar-PuTTY"

REM Deletes registry entry of the Solar-PuTTY tool
reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolarWinds\Solar-PuTTY" /f

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