Article ID: 313859
Article Last Modified on 10/7/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
This article was previously published under Q313859
SYMPTOMS
When you try to uninstall Windows XP by using the c:\windows\system32\osuninst.exe command, you may receive the following error message:
CAUSE
This problem can occur for either of the following reasons.
- The Undo folder is not present.
- The Win9xundodirpath and Win9xundointegrityinfo registry values are not present in the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem:
- Verify that the Undo folder is present. The Undo folder has the System and Hidden attributes. To view the Undo folder in the Recovery Console, use the "attrib -sh c:\undo" (without the quotation marks) command. By default, the UNDO folder is in the root folder of drive C.
- Replace the damaged registry with a functional copy of the registry.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
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