Microsoft Mats Program Install And Uninstall Troubleshooter
That has now been replaced by the Program Install and Uninstall Troubleshooter Fixit utility. Was a useful tool from Microsoft to help with program uninstall issues. Wael Helwe @ Microsoft. Use this troubleshooter for an uninstall only if. Troubleshoot - Uninstall. SolidWorks using the Windows Install and Uninstall Troubleshooter.
Microsoft has published a new tool to help end users fix setup related issues such as programs that can’t be installed or uninstalled. It replaces the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility (MSICUU) which had been in June 2010. Unlike MSICUU, the new tool actually tries to fix issues with the Windows Installer registry. If that doesn’t help, the tool makes some efforts to remove the application, while MSICUU only deleted the entry from Windows Installer and left all the garbage behind. In my test, the tool successfully deleted the installed file, but left behind the empty folder in the Program Files directory. It also failed to delete the registry entry my test setup had created and the start menu shortcut to the exe. The new tool also takes precautions like creating a restore point before it starts its work, and making backup copies of the resources it deletes.
Windows Install And Uninstall Troubleshooter
It even creates an undo script. You can find the tool. For more details about how the tool works, see. Here are some screenshots from the tool: The tool has an option to automatically fix problems, but I used the second option. It helps with installation problems as well as uninstall issues. The “Not Listed” option opens a dialog where you can enter the ProductCode GUID of a package you want to uninstall. For testing purposes, I created a setup where uninstallation was intentionally broken (via a LaunchCondition of Not Installed).
Microsoft Program Install And Uninstall Utility
The summary shows that it created backups of the deleted files and registry entries. However the latter only include Windows Installer’s own entries like those under HKLM: SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENTVERSION INSTALLER and HKLM: SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENTVERSION UNINSTALL They entry under HKLM Software which I specified in the Registry table of my msi was left behind. This is how the backup folder structure looks like: Posted in Comments Off on Program Install and Uninstall Troubleshooter (with screenshots) Comments are closed.
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