Removing Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP

  • Thread starter Thread starter Ray Pixley
  • Start date Start date
R

Ray Pixley

How does one remove Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP?

It shows up on the add/remove list, but there are no buttons to click, so it
can't be removed that way.

(I would have posted to the microsoft.plus group, but that group appears to
be inactive)
 
Ray Pixley said:
How does one remove Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP?

It shows up on the add/remove list, but there are no buttons to click, so it
can't be removed that way.

(I would have posted to the microsoft.plus group, but that group appears to
be inactive)
Click to expand...


Error Message: 1635 This Patch Package Could Not Be Opened
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812490

You can reinstall the windows Plus! and then go to the Add/Remove and remove.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/windowsmediaplayer/expert/bridgman_december17.mspx

It looks like the installer is corrupt, so you can use this tool to remove:
http://www.ccleaner.com
HTH.
nass
 
Many thanks for replying, but your suggested solution doesn't fit my situation.

Since I don't have the installation disk anymore, I can't reinstall it. So
I need a way to uninstall it without the installation disk.

BTW, the software package works fine but I no longer have a need for it; it
slows down my computer and I could use the freed up disk space.

Just taking it off the add/remove list isn't "uninstalling" it. I also want
to remove the executables and data files associated with it. How do I
accomplish that?
 
Is there a reason why there is no response?

Ray Pixley said:
Many thanks for replying, but your suggested solution doesn't fit my situation.

Since I don't have the installation disk anymore, I can't reinstall it. So
I need a way to uninstall it without the installation disk.

BTW, the software package works fine but I no longer have a need for it; it
slows down my computer and I could use the freed up disk space.

Just taking it off the add/remove list isn't "uninstalling" it. I also want
to remove the executables and data files associated with it. How do I
accomplish that?
Click to expand...
 
That recommendation, "you have to reinstall Windows", can cause even more
grief than unstalling Microsoft Plus. There are no gurantees that the
windows reinstallation will not affect other software, and I suspect there is
no one willing to take on that kind of risk. (Otherwise, the usual warnings
and disclaimers would not be necessary.) Doing so can cause expenditure of a
considerable amount of time and money, and my understanding is that the PC is
a time and money saving device, not a time and money wasting device.
Consequently, that's not a acceptable response, and no one has come up with a
reason why uninstallling such software should be deliberately made difficult.
It should not matter whether the user has the distribution CD or if
something is broken in the uninstaller and the installer CD is unavailable.
I don't understand the justification for mandatory possession of an
installation CD inorder to perform an un-installation, or why reinstallation
of Windows is mandatory in this situation.

Again, back to the main thing, how do I uninstall Microsoft Plus, including
all its executables? I do not have the distribution CD.
 
Back
Top