Though it doesn’t address the bigger issue of software manufacturers not developing clean uninstall routines. This utility has got me out of a bind a couple of times-first when I couldn’t uninstall remnants of a very old version of Microsoft Money, and more recently when I couldn’t uninstall remnants of Acrobat Reader 6 updates.Ī handy little tool to have around. It cleans up those errant registry entries for you.
#Download ms cleanup tool msicuu2.exe install#
If you find it and install it, make sure you ONLY select the program you want to get rid of from the Add/Remove Programs list when you run it, then click Remove. Please read the update and warning message below. but you may find it on the internet somewhere. You can read information and warnings about this utility, and download it, However, it is no longer available from this Microsoft Support page: You use Microsoft’s Windows Installer CleanUp Utility. So how do you get rid of these entries once and for all, and clean up the registry without actually going into it and hacking around and possibly damaging something irreparably?
Invariably they are still there because there’s a registry entry or two that didn’t get cleaned up properly when you uninstalled the program the first time (NOTE: This is NOT your fault-it’s up to the software and operating system manufacturers to delete all files properly when you tell it to uninstall a program, and it’s their responsibility-and your pain-if they fail to do so). Sometimes you’ll get a message that they can’t be uninstalled but you’re given no reason why. No matter what you do and how many times you try to uninstall them again, you can’t get rid of them from this list. Have you tried to uninstall a program using the Windows XP Add/Remove facility ( Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs), but it just won’t go? The uninstall appears to go through correctly, but there are remnants of the program left on your computer because they are still listed in the Add/Remove programs list.