Can't uninstall Windows Powershell 1.0
Posted by admin on Jul 1st, 2006
I am trying to upgrade my HP pavillion a1640n from xp home media edition with sp2 (installed and updated by best buy) to vista home premium using the HP upgrade dvds. The vista upgrade advisor said to remove windows powershell 1.0 before proceeding. When trying to remove per the directions from support.microsoft.com/kb926139/ the add remove programs window reports that windows powershell can't be removed. Have searched the support articles and a view websearchs with no answer. Looking here for my next step. John Garrett Technology Teacher Surprise Lake Middle School Fife School District
Jul 3rd, 2006 at 02:42 pm
Hi John,Try changing the indicated registry value to 0 so that it does not think that it is already installed, then reinstall PowerShell. Reboot, then retry uninstalling it. Best of Luck,Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" Microsoft MVP mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help www.rickrogers.org"John"
Jul 8th, 2006 at 05:54 am
I changed value to 0 and tried to install again. However I need the x32 version, because it keeps giving me the error that none of the downs are a win32 version program. John Garrett Technology Teacher Surprise Lake Middle School Fife School District "Rick Rogers" wrote:
Jul 12th, 2006 at 02:30 pm
Hi,Should be this one here: go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=75788&clcid=0x09If you have an active AV program, it may be blocking it. Best of Luck,Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" Microsoft MVP mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help www.rickrogers.org"John"
Jul 15th, 2006 at 01:42 am
I tried to install powershell and it wouldn't let me reinstall because it says there is a previous version. Any other suggestions? John Garrett Technology Teacher Surprise Lake Middle School Fife School District "Rick Rogers" wrote:
Jul 16th, 2006 at 03:10 am
Hi John,Can you find an install.log for it in the %windir%? If so, check to see if it lists where the uninstall file was placed and try running it manually. Or, you could (lengthy) manually remove the files and registry changes it created. Best of Luck,Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" Microsoft MVP mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help www.rickrogers.org"John"