Xylob Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Every time I try to uninstall any programs, wheter it's via the Add/Remove Programs dialog or if I use the uninstall.exe for the specific program/folder, I get the same error -- cannot find INSTALL.LOG.Apparently this is a Windows system file that has somehow been deleted.Any ideas on how I can uninstall applications now?I've got over 20GB of music on the compute, so a reformat and OS installation would really not be preferred.TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Every installation has its own install.log file, with information for the uninstaller what to uninstall. If the install.log file is missing, then it can't be uninstalled. Did you, by any chance, use some "cleanup" program that removed all your install.log files?Anyway, to get your install.log files back you eitherrestore them from backupreinstall all installed programs with missing install.log filesSome programs cannot be reinstalled as long as there are some partial uninstall info around. These need to be cleaned up with the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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