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crashed uninstall of software keeps trying to install again

Scruff · 2010-04-03 08:23:07

I was removing Roxio Creator software off my vista laptop but the uninstall crashed. Now vista repeatedly tries to reinstall the software! It looks for the CD to complete installation, which i dont have as it was preloaded on the laptop. I've tried to uninstall it again but that fails as it was partially removed the 1st…

03-04-2010 09:23AM

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I was removing Roxio Creator software off my vista laptop but the uninstall crashed. Now vista repeatedly tries to reinstall the software! It looks for the CD to complete installation, which i dont have as it was preloaded on the laptop. I've tried to uninstall it again but that fails as it was partially removed the 1st time i tried. How can i uninstall it or just stop it trying to reinstall?

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#2 03-04-2010 11:18AM

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If you don't have the disc you could use the Windows Installer Cleanup utility to deregister it from the system. It won't uninstall it but it will at least stop it from trying to reinstall. The article mentions Office but you can use it for any appliction which uses the Windows Installer.

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