Is it not?Īccording to my experience with the program, it is best to use only if:ġ. How will I know what programs I need to reinstall? The "you may have to reinstall other programs" worries me.Ģ. If you use this utility, you may have to reinstall other programs.
Warning The Windows Installer CleanUp utility is provided "as what" to help resolve installation problems for programs that use Microsoft Windows Installer. I would like to have a clarification on the Cleanup utility.Īt the very beginning of the article, there is a caveat: Find out what programs run automatically at startup and disable or remove those that are not necessary. Just have the unnecessary files on the disc won't slow down your computer, unless it is critical to running out of disk space. Revo Uninstaller may be able to do what you want. It completely removes a program, requiring you to reinstall in order to use the program. It is intended to clean up after installation (or uninstallation) installation failure error messages or interferes with the installation of other programs. I don't think that the Windows Installer CleanUp utility is the right tool for you.
Is - this utility not clean up stray or incomplete installation files without affecting the application installed with Windows Installer? I don't really have the resources for many applications to reinstall them, if there is a high risk of corrupting applications until point duty reinstall maybe I should just remove the Windows Installer CleanUp utility and forget the orphans to install files that may be present. I would like to clean up and remove any unnecessary or corrupted files to try to get my computer to recover his speed, but when I open this utility and it scans all installed applications, and returns the list, he warns that some or all applications will need to be reinstalled.
Elsewhere on the download page of this application is marketed as aclean tool that removes just wandering or oprphaned install files install form incomplete or broken. I read that the warnings on the MS download page on some applications have to be reinstalled. I have recently installed Windows Installer CleanUp Utility.
How to manually uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials if you cannot uninstall it using Add / Remove programs If you need to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: How to uninstall the suites Office 2003, Office 2007 or Office 2010 so I can't uninstall it from Control Panel? If you uninstall Office version 2003, 2007 or 2010, a new FixIT solution is available in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article: The installer and uninstaller convenience store is a replacement for this utility.
Note: Windows Installer Cleanup (MSICUU2.exe) utility which has been previously referred to in this section has been removed. To run this utility, click run now on the following Web site:Ĭonvenience store program Install and Uninstall This troubleshooting can help with programs that do not uninstall properly and issues where programs can block the facilities of other programs. Is is still available and if so where?Īutomated convenience store is available who can diagnose problems that may prevent install and uninstall programs on your Windows computer. I can't find Installer Cleanup utility anywhere. Original title: utility windows install cleanup Where is utility windows install cleanup located?
The tool has been replaced by a new installation and uninstall set, you can download and run the tool from here: The Microsoft Installer Cleanup (MSICU2.exe) utility has been removed as this may damage some of the files on the computer. Error downloading the Windows install cleanupĮrror downloading the Windows install cleanup, c:\docume~\owner\local~1\Temp\ixp000.tmp\startmsi.vbs do not know what to do.