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I have a bunch of 'Hotfix for Visual C++ Standard 2010 Beta 1 - ENU' updates installed.
As well as 1 'Hotfix for Microsoft Visual C++ Express - ENU'

I have already completely uninstalled Visual C++ Express 2010 as best as I could. But I would like to get rid of these left overs.

Problem is, there's no uninstall option for the 20 Beta 1 hotfixes, and when I try to uninstall the other one, I get a nice 'This action is only valid for products that are currently installed.'

Here's a screenshot for better reference: Here's a screenshot for better reference. Like I said, I don't have Visual C++ installed anymore, so I want to get rid of these.

Karan
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Josh
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Option 1 would be to use System Restore if you have an appropriate restore point handy.

Option 2 would be to reinstall Visual C++ Express 2010 and them uninstall everything in reverse order, i.e. hotfixes/updates first and finally the app itself.

If Options 1 and 2 are not possible for some reason, I recommend you try this instead:

  1. At an elevated command prompt, type:

    dism /Online /Get-Packages > Packages.txt

  2. Open Packages.txt and you'll see something similar to the following:

    Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.1.7600.16385

Image Version: 6.1.7600.16385

Packages listing:

Package Identity : Package_for_KB2705219~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.1
State : Superseded
Release Type : Security Update
Install Time : 15-08-2012 05:38 PM

...

The operation completed successfully.

  3. Based on the information about each package, try and identify the ones you want to remove. For example, the one above corresponds to this update. Similarly, try and locate the packages for the hotfixes listed in your screenshot, such as this one for example.

  4. Now use a command similar to the following to remove the specified packages:

    dism /Online /Remove-Package /PackageName:Package_for_KB2705219~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.1 /PackageName:<Package Identity 2> /PackageName:<Package Identity 3> ...

Hopefully it will work and not throw the same error about the main program no longer being installed. If it doesn't work, a final option might be to use some freeware/commercial uninstallation utility, but not sure which one would work and how well.

Edit: Some more things to try:

  1. Visual Studio 2010 Uninstall Utility

  2. From an elevated command prompt:

    wusa /uninstall /kb:<KB Number> (For example: wusa /uninstall /kb:983233)
Karan
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I had the same issue on Windows 10 (it was upgraded from 8 and I believe 7 before that, so there's various leftover crud like this). Following the instructions from this link (at the bottom) got rid of the bottom set: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualc/gg697159

  1. Uninstall Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1

  2. Run the following from the command line to ensure that all related files have been removed from the system. Note: if you receive the error “This action is only valid for products that are currently installed." you can safely ignore the error, because the files have already been removed.

    a. On all systems, run the following from the command line:
    msiexec /x {2F8B731A-5F2D-3EA8-8B25-C3E5E43F4BDB}

    b. If on an x64 system, run this additional command from the command line:
    msiexec /x {81455DEB-FC7E-3EE5-85CA-2EBDD9FD61EB}

    c. If on an IA64 system, run this additional command from the command line:
    msiexec /x {AC917391-EEBA-3240-81FF-1E9EC0D49403}

I was able to remove the top one (KB2542054) by opening regedit and deleting the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{46F8CF66-AB83-38A7-99B2-A5BE507EE472}.KB2542054 key. Since it also said "This action is only valid for products that are currently installed" for me when I tried to uninstall it, I think doing this is probably safe (I backed up the key just in case).

Inkling
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CC Cleaner is a great program found here: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download It should allow you to individually install thous programs in a safe and clean manor. It can also search for unused File extensions, missing Dlls, and other parts of junk that is often left over from programs like that. It is free to use and would be the best solution for quickly and safely removing all the old packages left over.

Bryce
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