Microsoft Releases “Patch Registration Cleanup Tool” to Fix Errors While Updating “Windows Installer” Based Products

Many times when you try to update a product which was installed using Windows Installer, you might receive errors and the update process gets failed.

Actually "Windows Installer" uses the registry to record information about updates installed for each Windows Installer-based product. These registry keys help identify the state of each update: registered, applied, superseded, or obsoleted. Information about installed updates is stored across several registry keys and values. To allow for the product to be in a serviceable state in which it can be repaired, updated, or uninstalled, it is critical for the data in these registry keys to be synchronized. When the data in these registry keys is no longer synchronized, maintenance mode operations cannot be performed on the product .msi file.

The "Patch Registration Cleanup Tool" helps resolve some issues that are related to invalid or corrupted update registration. This tool lets you bring the product back to a known state so that you can reinstall updates.

This tool can be used in Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008 and 7.

You can download it using following link:

Download Link

This article was posted in Software Zone, Troubleshooting, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP.

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6 Comments

Someone

Doesn't work, product code must be specified. VG?
Azziz

Nice review and indeed useful tool, I myself got those errors.
shariq

Yea VG.. That's what it always says.. "product code must be specified"
VG

This tool should be used if you are facing any kind of problem while updating programs which were installed using Windows Installer, otherwise it'll show the same error message.
Maniaslayer9

hey VG,
2 days ago I had to reformat my PC because when i booted it up, i had a bluescreen everytime.
It said Registry_Corrupted_Error
do you know what it could've been?
i had Windows 7 RTM
VG

^^ It seems Windows registry got corrupted due to some newly installed program or corrupt system files.