I am also experiencing the same progmen as SWN-002. I am unable to uninstall, modify or repair. I also cannot use the .exe provided on the GH releases page, nor update powertoys from its own settings page.

Edit: I was able to launch the .exe installer found on GH releases corresponding to the currently installed version using cmd and passing the --extract_msi flag. Note the underscore rather than a traditional dash. From there, I was able to point the uninstaller to the directory containing the newly extracted .msi and complete the uninstallation process.

Cordially pinging @SWN-002 @grither @brian6932 ☝️

Go to control panel, instead of uninstall select change, then click in the option to remove. That works for me

Got same problem while update and uninstall. Current version is 0.21.1. Always shows this:

Hello! This is my first post!

Here is what I did: Open regedit Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products There are a bunch of regesitry subdirectories with random letters and numbers. See which one has the ProductName registry key something PowerToys related. Delete the folder with the key.

KoJesko

Edit: fixed grammar Update: After this i could continue normally.

For me, the following command is the only thing that works:

reg delete Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\585E4A3B7515EA9489AF32D4E2B1DD57 /f

This let the installer pass the Cannot uninstall previous version error when trying to reinstall and have a broken installation.

@crutkas I still can’t uninstall v0.49.0. Why it’s so hard to remove it?

This worked for me.

1. type regedit in Run window (win+R),
2. go through all of the product to find an entry where the productName is PowerToys or similar.
3. delete the whole entry by right clicking on it
4. done

@felipecrs just created a POR for how to do just this. Actually it will be moving all the reg stuff out of the installer.

@xaviergmail Thank you, that worked!