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Uninstall under old control panel fails
See original GitHub issueWe’ve seen multiple reports of ‘uninstalling’ fails and when we dive in, it is due to when a user does it in the old control panel.
Workaround
Windows 10 Settings -> Apps -> Apps & features
How are people hitting this
This is how people are referencing the old dialog.
Issue Analytics
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- Created 3 years ago
- Reactions:5
- Comments:7 (3 by maintainers)
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Possible problem: when uninstalling from the legacy control panel, killing explorer may actually kill the uninstall process.
For me, the following command is the only thing that works:
This let the installer pass the Cannot uninstall previous version error when trying to reinstall and have a broken installation.