diff --git a/src/Squirrel/UpdateManager.ApplyReleases.cs b/src/Squirrel/UpdateManager.ApplyReleases.cs
index 74200006..9aa23c3b 100644
--- a/src/Squirrel/UpdateManager.ApplyReleases.cs
+++ b/src/Squirrel/UpdateManager.ApplyReleases.cs
@@ -42,22 +42,19 @@ namespace Squirrel
                 progress(100);
             }
 
-            public async Task FullUninstall(Version version = null)
+            public async Task FullUninstall()
             {
-                version = version ?? new Version(255, 255, 255, 255);
-                this.Log().Info("Uninstalling version '{0}'", version);
+                var currentRelease = getReleases().MaxBy(x => x.Name.ToVersion()).FirstOrDefault();
 
-                // find all the old releases (and this one)
-                var directoriesToDelete = getOldReleases(version)
-                    .Concat(new [] { getDirectoryForRelease(version) })
-                    .Where(d => d.Exists)
-                    .Select(d => d.FullName);
+                if (currentRelease.Exists) 
+                {
+                    var version = currentRelease.Name.ToVersion();
 
-                await directoriesToDelete.ForEachAsync(x => Utility.DeleteDirectoryWithFallbackToNextReboot(x));
-
-                if (!getReleases().Any()) {
-                    await Utility.DeleteDirectoryWithFallbackToNextReboot(rootAppDirectory);
+                    await SquirrelAwareExecutableDetector.GetAllSquirrelAwareApps(currentRelease.FullName)
+                        .ForEachAsync(exe => Utility.InvokeProcessAsync(exe, String.Format("/squirrel-uninstall {0}", version)), 1);
                 }
+
+                await Utility.DeleteDirectoryWithFallbackToNextReboot(rootAppDirectory);
             }
 
             async Task installPackageToAppDir(UpdateInfo updateInfo, ReleaseEntry release)
diff --git a/src/Squirrel/Utility.cs b/src/Squirrel/Utility.cs
index 89c074ad..5f5d6c1e 100644
--- a/src/Squirrel/Utility.cs
+++ b/src/Squirrel/Utility.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using Splat;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 
 namespace Squirrel
 {
@@ -98,6 +99,24 @@ namespace Squirrel
             }
         }
 
+        public static Task<int> InvokeProcessAsync(string fileName, string arguments)
+        {
+            var psi = new ProcessStartInfo(fileName, arguments);
+            psi.UseShellExecute = false;
+            psi.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
+            psi.ErrorDialog = false;
+
+            return InvokeProcessAsync(psi);
+        }
+
+        public static async Task<int> InvokeProcessAsync(ProcessStartInfo psi)
+        {
+            var pi = Process.Start(psi);
+
+            await Task.Run(() => pi.WaitForExit());
+            return pi.ExitCode;
+        }
+
         public static Task ForEachAsync<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source, Action<T> body, int degreeOfParallelism = 4)
         {
             return ForEachAsync(source, x => Task.Run(() => body(x)), degreeOfParallelism);