MsiZap was basically a friendly front end for the the MSI CleanUp Utility msicuu_.exe, or maybe it was the other way round. Either way, the Windows SDK no longer ships a clean up utility and it's been retired. Any version you find is going to be old and out of date with respect to later versions of the MSI engine. Don't use it. It was retired because it broke things.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: John Bergman [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:42 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] removing broken installations from Windows XP Is there a walk through anywhere of how you would use those tools to do so? -----Original Message----- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:19 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] removing broken installations from Windows XP I'd personally steer away from MSIZap or similar tools (CCleaner does it as well). I don't think any of these will clean up orphaned Component registry entries. If you find the uninstall key in the registry, you should be able to find the locally cached MSI package. I'd make a backup copy of the package and then use a tool like orca or InstEd to repair the MSI so it will properly uninstall. Jacob -----Original Message----- From: Chad Petersen [mailto:chad.peter...@harlandfs.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:03 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] removing broken installations from Windows XP Microsoft used to provide the Windows Clean-up Utility (MSIZAP.EXE was one common name) but I believe they must have removed it from their web site. This might be a viable copy of that same program. They seem to indicate the author is Microsoft Corp. http://www.majorgeeks.com/Windows_Installer_CleanUp_Utility_d4459.html -----Original Message----- From: Remi [mailto:therealr...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 7:26 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] removing broken installations from Windows XP OK, I know now I need some virtual pc software for testing installations. But I still have to clean what I messed up already. 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