I did in fact managed to find cached MSI files in Windows/Installer folder. Then I removed entries related to the problematic components with Orca, saved the MSI and uninstalled without errors. Is there any place in the registry that I should check as well?
On 29 November 2011 19:19, Hoover, Jacob <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com> wrote: > I'd personally steer away from MSIZap or similar tools (CCleaner does it > as well). I don't think any of these will clean up orphaned Component > registry entries. > > If you find the uninstall key in the registry, you should be able to > find the locally cached MSI package. I'd make a backup copy of the > package and then use a tool like orca or InstEd to repair the MSI so it > will properly uninstall. > > Jacob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chad Petersen [mailto:chad.peter...@harlandfs.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:03 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] removing broken installations from Windows XP > > Microsoft used to provide the Windows Clean-up Utility (MSIZAP.EXE was > one common name) but I believe they must have removed it from their web > site. > > This might be a viable copy of that same program. They seem to indicate > the author is Microsoft Corp. > > http://www.majorgeeks.com/Windows_Installer_CleanUp_Utility_d4459.html > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Remi [mailto:therealr...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 7:26 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] removing broken installations from Windows XP > > OK, I know now I need some virtual pc software for testing > installations. > But I still have to clean what I messed up already. > > Basically I ended up installing some components to some random, > inexistent, > incorrect path (set in a custom action...). I didn't get any error > dialog > while installing, but I did during uninstall - it complained something > about the bogus path being inaccessible. In my ignorance I run the > installer few more times with the same error in my custom action. So I > have > a few unremovable entries in Add/Remove Programs. How to clean this up? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure > contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, > security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this > data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure > contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, > security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this > data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure > contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, > security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this > data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
