Windows Installer Clean Up wiki

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The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility looks up for registry references and files related to Windows Installer that were installed by various programs, and forcibly wipes them out. It works correctly in all 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows.

[edit] History

The utility was first released by Microsoft in January 2004 to help Windows-based computers clean up installed programs that would either refuse or pretend not to remove themselves from the add/remove programs feature in Microsoft Windows.

[edit] Limitations

The utility will only change registry values and files associated with the Windows Installer portion on the program. It will not remove many files from the computer and is only to be used as a last ditch attempt when dealing with a buggy program. The utility can only be run by users who are logged in as system administrators. For developers who have problems with the Windows Installer automatically repairing their own installations on developer machines (when the developer has manually updated some of the binaries), this utility is ideal to remove the Windows Installer information whilst leaving the actual installation intact.