How to uninstall software that are non-msi in vb script

If possible, I want to uninstall all the software except for a few hardware drivers. The software strings for hardware drivers could be either listed in the script or in a text file. If I can get this to work, I can share this for others to use as well. Software to uninstall like PDQ will not likely be accepted in company level systems.

Do you want to uninstall a specific application? How do you plan on selecting the software to uninstall?
Typically what we've done is use PDQ Deploy (free or paid) to install / uninstall applications. For the non-msi ones we WILL look at the uninstall string for these applications on a target system and then create a batch file that issues that specific uninstall command. Within PDQ Deploy we will then deploy that cmd file to all computers where the software needs to be uninstalled. Running through the process once or twice will allow you to setup this type of uninstall in about 5 minutes. 
You could do something similar with psexec, but PDQ Deploy is a MUCH better solution. 

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