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Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

This program (download from Microsoft) allows you to clean up the Windows Installer database, it is a utility of last resorts and provides a GUI which looks like:

You should only use tools like this if there is no otherway of uninstalling the product.

If you need to automate the process accross a large number of machines then you will probably need to use "MSIZAP.EXE" instead.

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