Not removing XP SP3 or .NET uninstall files.

[bizzybody]

Version 2.12.660 won't remove the XP SP3 uninstall files, or those for several post-SP3 hotfixes or those for .NET Framework 1.1, .NET 1.1 hotfixes KB25168, KB28366, .NET 2.0 SP2, .NET 3.0 SP2 and .NET 3.5 SP1.

 

I don't know what the others are it won't remove because I deleted the $ntuninstall folders, which got rid of SP3 and the patches for Media Player 11 and IE7. CCleaner's Registry cleanup then removed the orphaned entries for all those.

 

So now all there is are the .NET uninstall files. I get no error messages when clicking the Change/Remove buttons in Add or Remove programs.

[pcteky]

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[Disk4mat]

These other installers are Windows Installer packages (MSI) and are located in C:\Windows\Installer

Its a hidden folder, but accessible by typing the path into the address bar. Same for XP & Vista.

 

So now all there is are the .NET uninstall files. I get no error messages when clicking the Change/Remove buttons in Add or Remove programs.

These are not the same as the hotfix files located in C:\Windows\$NtUninstallKB$ for example. So while all of those were deleted, your .NET hotfixes (MSI) files remain in C:\Windows\Installer. Thus why you dont get an error message in Add\Remove programs

 

I attached a screenshot of the registry entrie(s) and files for a visual of my explanation.

 

[DennisD]

I dunno if this will help:

 

XP SP3: Post Installation Cleanup: AumHa Forums.

[bizzybody]

I dunno if this will help:

 

XP SP3: Post Installation Cleanup: AumHa Forums.

 

Thanks. Now this stuff needs to be added to the cleanup options in Crap Cleaner.

 

Edit: I've done all this manual deleting, but every time I launch Add or Remove Programs it restores all the Registry entries for removing all the .NET stuff, but NOW they all give error messages except for .NET 3.5 which runs the installer with options to repair or remove.

 

CrapCleaner's registry cleaner finds that those entries point to missing files and will remove them. Add or Remove Programs puts them back. (Malware authors should take notes...)

 

Deleting it all saved about 200 megs, perhaps I should use that cleaner util then reinstall all the .NET stuff and wait for Crap Cleaner to have the ability to remove the un-needed files and kill off the relevant Registry entries.