Solution 4: Run the Microsoft Clean Up utility before you install the application.
Warning: The Microsoft Windows Installer Clean Up utility only removes
registry entries created by the application installer. Files and other registry
entries for the application are not removed by this utility and could cause inadvertent
effects on the system if not removed. If you use this utility, you may have to reinstall
other programs that use MSI (Microsoft installer). Caution is advised. Read information
about the utility on the Microsoft website at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301
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1. Download and install the Windows Install Clean Up utility.
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Visit the Microsoft website at http://support.microsoft.com and search for
msicuu2.exe.
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Select the article "You receive the ?This patch package could not be opened? error
message in an Office program."
- Click the link for the msicuu2.exe utility under Resolution Step 1.
- Save the utility to your desktop.
- Double-click msicuu2.exe and follow the onscreen instructions.
2. Identify the version of the application that is causing the issue and correctly
remove it from the system using the following steps.
-- If the error is generated by the current version of the application:
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Remove all updates that do not generate an error message.
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Choose Start > Program > Windows Install Clean Up to start the Windows
Install Clean Up utility.
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Select the current version of the application and choose Remove.
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Reinstall the current version of the application.
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Apply any updates.
Note: If the current version generates another error message upon
removal, refer to the documentation on that issue.
-- If the error is generated when an earlier version of the application prevents
the installation of the current version:
- Remove all updates that do not generate an error message.
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Choose Start > Program > Windows Install Clean Up to start the Windows
Install Clean Up utility.
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Select the previous version of the application and choose Remove.
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Re-install the previous version of the application.
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Remove the previous version using Add/Remove Programs, and then restart your
computer.
Note: If the previous version generates another error message upon
removal, refer to the documentation on that issue.
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Install the current version.
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