How to use the Acremover.exe tool (825436)

SUMMARY

The Acremover.exe tool tries to remove the remnants of unsuccessful Application Center installations or removals.

Important Use Acremover.exe only when any of the following are true:

You have to remove a Service Pack 1 installation on a server that has been upgraded to Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
The removal of Service Pack 1 was unsuccessful.
The installation of Service Pack 2 was unsuccessful.

In certain circumstances, you may be prompted to locate the Msizap.exe file and put it in your %PATH%. You can find this file on the Windows CD-ROM in the Support\Tools folder. If you have not already installed the support tools, you must install them at that time.

When you run Acremover.exe in Windows Server 2003, the following registry key may be required before Acremover.exe will run:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAC\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib REG_SZ Certificate = 0

Note Running Acremover.exe will remove this key. You may have to re-add this key to reinstall Application Center 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the Acremover.exe package now. Release Date: July 25, 2003

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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