Error Opening Installproperties Subkey Of Products Key For User
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than you would expect. WinDirStat is a great little utility to figure out where that space is going. If you use that program, you windows installer folder huge might discover that C:\Windows\Installer is really big. Sometimes that directory is not as msizap clean as it should be because of various failed program installations or unclean uninstalls.Use the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility to
Windows Installer Cleanup Utility
safely get rid of the unneeded cruft. Download the installer here. Once installed, open up a command prompt and type:cd "\Program Files\Windows Installer Clean Up\"msizap G!In one case that I saw, 7 GB was reduced down to about 1.5 GB.I do not recommend using the other utility included with the installer unless told to do so elsewhere. This is the utility that you will see a new entry for in the Programs menu and is not a command line program. Its purpose is not related to the one this post is written about.If you see an error message like:MsiZapInfo: Performing operations for user S-1-5-21-.....Removing orphaned cached files.Error opening 9040110900063D11......\InstallProperties subkey of Products key for S-1-5-18 user. Error: 2.FAILED to clear all data.don't worry about it. The program has finished cleaning up all it can. If you're bothered by it and know your way around the Windows Registry, you'll find the GUID listed somewhere under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData. If you're sure it refers to something you've uninstalled already, go ahead and delete the key, run 'msizap G!' again and you shouldn't see the error message anymore.(Note: I am aware this information is already available online elsewhere in some for or other, but I found it to be somewhat scattered and confusing.) Posted by William Yang at 3:40 PM Reactions: Labels: tech 5 comments: igork806December 26, 2011 at 6:44 AMGreat tip :) My Windows\Installer folder was 50,6 GB, after trying this solution it is 1,63 GB !!!ReplyDeleteDan Dar3June 13, 2012 at 7:18 AMIt's available here now as well.Deleting of Windows Installer Cache (C:\Windows\Installer\) Fileshttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/2667628ReplyDeleteThomas Gail HawsDecember 9, 2012 at 10:26 PMThank you! You *did* explain it better.TomReplyDeleteRADRaze2KXJune 19, 2013 at 1:35 PMWorked like a charm. Reduced 79GB down to 4.9GB. Thank you William Yang!Mark Bus
we highly recommend that you visit our Guide for New Members. HUGE Windows folder (22.2 GB) Help please!! Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by selenityaria, Apr 15, 2008. Thread Status: Not open for further replies. Page 2 of 2 < Prev 1 2 Advertisement Elvandil Joined: Aug 1, 2003 Messages: 51,988 The cleanup utility does not remove files. Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility Elvandil, Apr 17, 2008 #16 Hughv Joined: Jul 22, 2006 Messages: 8,450 Elvandil said: ↑ The cleanup utility http://wyang0.blogspot.com/2010/06/clean-up-cwindowsinstaller.html does not remove files. Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp UtilityClick to expand... Then why does it say: "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 https://forums.techguy.org/threads/huge-windows-folder-22-2-gb-help-please.703897/page-2 registry settings that make up the Windows Installer configuration information for programs that you select ". Hughv, Apr 17, 2008 #17 Elvandil Joined: Aug 1, 2003 Messages: 51,988 The cleanup utility is designed to remove primarily registry information for failed installations or ones that did not complete. Removing those things from installed programs will cause them to pop a window requesting a reinstallation the next time they are run. The few files removed, if any, will make little difference to disk usage. Elvandil, Apr 17, 2008 #18 selenityaria Thread Starter Joined: Apr 15, 2008 Messages: 9 BIGGER PROBLEM NOW!! I was trying to reply to email in Outlook and I got an error message: "Microsoft Word is set to by your e-mail editor. However, Word is unavailable, not installed, or is not the same version as Outlook. The Outlook e-mail editor will be used instead. The program for the attachment may not have been installed properly or may have been moved or deleted. Reinstall the program in which the attachment was created." Then I tried opening a saved Word document, and Word will not open. No error mess
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Hardware, Server, Internet Protocols, Database, Exchange . » Development » MS SQL Server » MS-SQL Reporting » Problems removing Orphaned Files using the MSIZAP.exe Problems removing Orphaned Files using the MSIZAP.exe 03-18-2010 6:01 AM Problems removing Orphaned Files using the MSIZAP.exe Hi there, I am running out of space on my C dive. I have Visual Studio 2005 running on my Server, so i have tried to run the MSIZAP.exe command to delete the orphaned files so that this might give me some space. This usually works.however today i am getting the following error. Error opening *****\InstallProperties subkey of Products key for **** user. Error:2 Failed to Clear all data. I don't know why this is happening. Does anyone have any idea's on what i can do here?Kind Regards, Putoch. Filed under: Tags:, Problems removing Orphaned Files using the MSIZAP.exe 03-18-2010 6:01 AM In reply to Solution: Problems removing Orphaned Files using the MSIZAP.exe This can happen when trying to uninstall an application that puts it's install settings and windows installer keys in Hkey_current_user in stead of Hkey_local_machine, and after installing the application either the user profile is deleted, or a de-install is tried with a different user. Why are you using msizap instead of regular uninstall?What you can try to do to get some space on your system drive is to delete the (hidden) $uninstall folders in C:\windows (Update uninstall information), delete everything in c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download.Furthermore, use a tool like treesize to see where your space is goinghttp://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml