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Patch Registration Cleanup Tool

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  • Language: English

On a computer that has a Windows Installer based product installed, you may receive an error while installing an update for the product and the installation of the update may fail.

On a computer that has a Windows Installer based product installed, you may receive an error while installing an update for the product and the installation of the update may fail. Installation errors caused due to incorrect patch registration may be corrected using this tool.

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Files

Status: Deleted

This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to April 2023.

Files
Patch Registration Tool EULA (Oct 2009) - ENG.docx
    PatchRegCleanup-ia64.exe
    • SHA1: 6122d22022d19061c5200b37529679cc5904d00b
    • Size: 84 KB
    PatchRegCleanup-x64.exe
    • SHA1: 23207500448026b2c7c85a4dae9e529c4c322b97
    • Size: 50 KB
    PatchRegCleanup-x86.exe
    • SHA1: 1ecf2f685e8aff2679a6942092ac3607144d7390
    • Size: 42 KB

    File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

    System Requirements

    Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2

    Installation Instructions

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