diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/templates/ChocolateyUninstallTemplate.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/templates/ChocolateyUninstallTemplate.cs
index 7693f633d3..620b87fa44 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/templates/ChocolateyUninstallTemplate.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/templates/ChocolateyUninstallTemplate.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ public class ChocolateyUninstallTemplate
 }
 
 $uninstalled = $false
+$local_key     = 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*'
+$machine_key   = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*'
+$machine_key6432 = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*'
 
 Get-ItemProperty  -Path @($machine_key6432,$machine_key, $local_key) `
                   -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue `