Inoka1 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Whenever I run the installer, I get this error. I think it may be attributed to the fact that I've already installed Paint before, but I uninstalled it to install GIMP. Personally, however, I preferred Paint, so I went to install it. However, due to the shoddy way I uninstalled it (I just deleted any of the Paint.NET files I could find, I should have done it via Add or Remove Programs,) I think I get this error. Is there any way I can fix this? Paint.NET DOES show up in Add or Remove programs, but it won't let me delete it (because it's broken) or repair it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Moved to Troubleshooting You just went around and hit things with a hammer instead of using the uninstaller? Check out the stick posts in this forum ... there's an MSI Cleanup Utility that usually fixes things here. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inoka1 Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 (edited) Moved to Troubleshooting You just went around and hit things with a hammer instead of using the uninstaller? Check out the stick posts in this forum ... there's an MSI Cleanup Utility that usually fixes things here. Sorry, didn't see this forum :V Anyway, it didn't occur to me at the time that it would be this troublesome to uninstall, I really thought it was just one file until I saw another and another. EDIT So I followed most of the instructions for the MSI CleanUp Utility, now it says to delete the Paint directory. Which file would that be? There were multiple Paint.NET files, like on in AppData -> Roaming (or it may have been Local), one in Program Files (x86), etc. Edited August 16, 2011 by Inoka1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inoka1 Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 Okay, well, I deleted the directory files in Program Files (I checked with the installer, I know I did the default install), so everything related to Paint.NET is deleted from my computer... But I'm still getting that 1603 error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeleto333 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Oh wow. I did the same thing as you inoka. I wanted to delete paint.net because i downloaded a plugin pack that had too many plugins, i also wanted to see if i could delete something by just deleting the folder. Well i get the same thing you get when installing and this when i try to uninstall: There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Any help please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Yes, this: Check out the stick(ied) posts in this forum ... there's an MSI Cleanup Utility that usually fixes things here. you'll find the thread Rick is talking about here: http://forums.getpai...uble-read-this/ Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 ... i also wanted to see if i could delete something by just deleting the folder The answer is no Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inoka1 Posted August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted August 29, 2011 Bumping this, still no fix after MSI Cleanup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 No. At least you've learned how NOT TO uninstall a program Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inoka1 Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 :\ Oh well, let's hope a fix comes for this soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inoka1 Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 Has there been any update yet as to what I should go about doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Windows Installer CleanUp utility seems to be the last tool in my kit. Sorry. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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