Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

SUMMARY
Microsoft has updated the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility. With the
Windows Installer CleanUp Utility, you can remove a program's Windows
Installer configuration information. You may want to remove the
Windows Installer configuration information for your program if you
experience installation (Setup) problems. For example, you may have to
remove a program's Windows Installer configuration information if you
have installation problems when you try to add (or remove) a component
of your program that was not included when you first installed your
program.

The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility does not perform the following
functions:
* Remove Windows Installer
* Remove files of any programs that are installed by Windows
Installer, such as Microsoft Office 2003
The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility does perform the following
functions:
* Provides a dialog box in which you can select one or more programs
that were installed by Windows Installer

To do this, select the programs that you want in the Installed
Products list in the Windows Installer CleanUp dialog box. After you
make this selection, the utility removes only the Windows Installer
configuration information that is related to those programs.
* Removes the files and registry settings that make up the Windows
Installer configuration information for programs that you select
If you use this utility to remove the Windows Installer configuration
information for your program and you plan to reinstall the program,
you should reinstall the program in the same folder where you
originally installed it. This prevents duplication of files on your
hard disk or disks.
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Relevant Pages

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