WINDOWS2000 's secret weapon removal tool

6. Residual Program Removal Tool

The normal removal program can use delete \ Add application in Windows Control Panel, but it cannot complete the delete task under special circumstances. and the "Stub removal Tool" is not exactly the same as the former, the main difference is that the former is suitable for the removal of a fully installed program, the latter is used to remove the installation has not been interrupted, can not be used, and remains in the system of the program. In Windows systems, the portion of the application that is responsible for installing is called Windows Installer. When you install the application, Windows Installer is responsible for completing a series of tasks related to installation, including writing the installation information to a Msicu.log log file and adding relevant key values to the registry.

The installation may fail or have problems due to the following reasons:

1, registry damage. 2, inadvertently changed the registry settings.

3. Several instances of the program are installed at the same time. 4, the installation process is forced to interrupt, such as power

Power outages and so on.

After this problem occurs, you generally cannot use delete \ Add application in Control Panel. You must use this removal tool to delete the contents of the original installation and the key values that have been written to the registry in your computer (safely). To clean up the files and registry garbage, or to lay a good foundation for the installation. The deletion is based on the log file that was established during the installation process. If you want to view the file, you must change the file and folder hidden properties, the location of the file can use the folder Search tool, the following is the reference location indicated in the Help file: $#@60;winnt_os_drive$#@62;:\ Documents and settings\$#@60;local_user$#@62;\local settings\temp\ directory, this location may be different for your machine.

The stub removal Tool has a GUI interface (that is, for Windows) and a version of the command line interface. GUI version is very simple to use, only a single delete function, to open the GUI version, you can: "Start-$#@62, run-$#@62, browse", and then find: "C:\Progream files\support tools\msicuu.exe" open. The interface is very simple to list what can be deleted, select an item click "Remove" can be deleted.

The command line version of this tool is named Msizap.exe.

Msizap.exe must be logged in as an administrator's password before it can be used, and the log file Msicu.log is also required. command line versions are much better at flexibility than GUI versions.

Msizap.exe The complete syntax:

MSIZap [*] [F] [R] [P] [A] [T Product Code] [!] [?]

Parameters and Description:

*: Remove all installation folders and the corresponding key values in the registry, adjust the dynamic connection library and stop all installation services.

F: Remove all Installation folders

U: Remove%userprofile%\msi, Appdata\microsoft\installer folder

R: Remove only the registry keys for all setup programs.

P: Remove the in-progress (which I did not verify.)

N: Remove the Uninstall key for Windows Installer in the registry (that is, the key value to remove the anti-installation feature).

V: Stop Installation Services

T: Remove all product code information.

A: After a specified item is deleted, correct adjustment of all the auxiliary controls.

! : Force "yes" as a hint of the response.

? : Displays detailed help information.

In my experience, it is convenient to use the GUI interface deletion tool after the residue program is encountered. Tools such as Norton are similar to the methods used to deal with such problems. is to set up a log file at installation time and leave it as a basis for deletion or uninstall. So, if the log files disappear, the tools will not work.