Troubleshooting Broken Software Installations on 95/98/XP/Vista/2000/2003 and NT

Do you have a situation where you can no longer uninstall a software due to either a problem with the Windows registry or corrupt software installation? Also, you might come across a situation when you want to reinstall or upgrade your existing software to the latest version but since the older version is not behaving properly, you may not be able to do so.

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility is what you should look forward for dealing with such situations. It’s a nice little utility to help resolve installation problems for programs that use Microsoft Windows Installer. It will remove all the traces of your installed software from the Windows registry and you may then safely delete the installation directory, related files and other references of the installed software.

Using Windows Installer CleanUp Utility - After you install the tool, just run it and you will see a dialog box. Select one or more program entries that were installed by Windows Installer. When you remove the entry, the tool will remove files and registry settings that are part of the Installer configuration which are related to the selected programs. That’s it! But be aware, once the software entry is removed, you will not be able to revert your action. So, use it with caution and as a last resort only.

This tool works on 95/98/XP/Vista/2000/2003/Millennium and NT 4.0

» Download Windows Installer CleanUp Utility. Refer to this KB article for more information.