Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
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Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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Initial release | August 10, 1999 (1999-08-10) |
Final release | 3.00 / June 25, 2010 (2010-06-25) |
Operating system | Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 |
Platform | Microsoft Windows |
Size | 351 KB |
Available in | English |
Type | Third-party uninstaller |
License | Freeware (without support and warranty) |
The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility is a legacy software utility for the Microsoft Windows operating system designed to solve installation problems of apps that use the Windows Installer technology. An app whose Windows Installer entries are damaged cannot be uninstalled or reinstalled via the normal means. The Windows Installer CleanUp utility removes all files and registry settings associated with an app's Windows Installer database, allowing it to be reinstalled. The utility only changes registry values and files associated with Windows Installer and does not remove any files associated with installed programs. Only users who have logged in as system administrators may run the utility.[1]
Microsoft first released the utility in 1999[2] 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.
Microsoft retired the Windows Installer CleanUp utility on June 25, 2010, due to conflicts with Microsoft Office 2007. The "Program Install and Uninstall Troubleshooter" was instead made available.[3]
References
- ^ Whitney, Lance (August 2008). "Utility Spotlight: Windows Installer CleanUp Utility". TechNet Magazine. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- ^ "README FOR WINDOWS INSTALLER CLEANUP UTILITY", "JUNE 1999". Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q238413 (has been revoked, archive available through Wayback Machine). Microsoft Corporation.
- ^ "Fix problems that block programs from being installed or removed". support.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
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