How to uninstall msi?
Danny Wang
I have 2 questions here:
1) I got some problem happen only when the first time the msi is
installed. To debug it, I have to frenquently uninstall MSI and leave
the computer as a 'clean' computer. Unfortunatelly, following the MS
instruction doesn't leave the computer as a clean machine.
Following is my colleague's report:
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I uninstalled the Browser, then uninstalled Windows Installer according
to the KB instructions (NT):
msiexec /unregister
cd winnt/system32
ren msi.dll msi_junk.dll
ren msiexec.exe msiexec_junk.exe
ren msihnd.dll msihnd_junk.dll
Restart the computer.
Next, I went to run setup.exe in \\contract/pub/BBMBrowser/Disk1 and
received an error dialogue '1645:' with no option but 'OK' which exits.
So I installed Windows Installer again manually by running instmsiw.exe
from \\contract/pub/BBMBrowser/Disk1 -- this worked but it did not ask
for the computer to be restarted, so there is no chance to see the 'bug'.
This suggests that following the Microsoft instructions to uninstall
Windows Installer will not leave the computer in the same state as with
no previous installation.
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Any one has any idea?
Question 2:
I use installshield developer 7.01, this is a MSI 2.0 based software.
My installation doesn't work on some win95. It just report 'Error
1603, Fatal error...' or 'Error 1620....' when it tried to copy files,
does anyone know the reason?
Thanks