How to uninstall msys2?

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vasili111 picture vasili111 · May 26, 2018 · Viewed 11.5k times · Source

How to uninstall msys2? When I am trying to uninstall from "Programs and Features" I receive the error:

error

What to do? Just delete the msys2 folder?

I am using Windows 8.1

Answer

Adrian Pop picture Adrian Pop · Aug 31, 2018

In my case I had to go into the msys2 installation folder and rename maintenancetool.exe.new and maintenancetool.dat.new to maintenancetool.exe and maintenancetool.dat. Then the uninstall from the Control Panel went fine.

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