Thursday, October 23, 2008

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

If your registry becomes corrupted during installation or software upgrade, you can get into a loop of

  • Can't install because
  • Can't uninstall because

The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility does a very nice job. It even tidies up any broken uninstalls while its actually installing itself.

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

Download:http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/9/d/e9d80355-7ab4-45b8-80e8-983a48d5e1bd/msicuu2.exe

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One wonders why "Control Panel" » "Add Remove Programs" doesn't incorporate the same functionality.

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