Uninstall without an MSI file

windows windows-installer
ProfK picture ProfK · Dec 2, 2008 · Viewed 87.4k times · Source

I often get a problem with Windows Installer trying to uninstall a package, but it complains that:

The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable.

Is there a known means of uninstalling such packages when the original MSI is simply not available?

Answer

saschabeaumont picture saschabeaumont · Jun 15, 2012

Please note that Microsoft has now released an official tool to resolve these issues, without the problems that previously existed with MSIZAP.

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