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Removes Windows Installer product registration for products where the locally cached MSI is missing and no registered source can be found.
#Requires -Version 3
# The MIT License (MIT)
# Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $true)]
param (
[Parameter(Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[string[]] $ProductCode
)
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
[int[]] $translation = 7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0,11,10,9,8,15,14,13,12,17,16,19,18,21,20,23,22,25,24,27,26,29,28,31,30
$loc = data {
ConvertFrom-StringData @'
Error_Elevation_Required = You must run this script in an elevated command prompt
Error_64Bit_Required = You must run this in a 64-bit command prompt
Error_PackageManagement_Required = Please install PackageManagement from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=746217
Process_Remove_Args1 = Remove registration for {0}
Verbose_Install_MSI = Installing the "MSI" module
Verbose_Scan_Missing = Scanning for products missing cached packages
Verbose_Remove_Key_Args1 = Removing registry key {0}
Verbose_Remove_Value_Args2 = Removing registry value {1} from {0}
Verbose_Remove_Source_Reg = Removing source registration
Verbose_Remove_Product_Reg = Removing product registration
Verbose_Remove_Upgrade_Reg = Removing upgrade registration
Verbose_Remove_Component_Reg = Removing component registration
Verbose_Found_Source_Args2 = Cache missing for {0} but found source at {1}
'@
}
$identity = [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()
$principal = New-Object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal $identity
if (!$principal.IsInRole([System.Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) {
throw $loc.Error_Elevation_Required
}
if ([System.Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem) {
if (![System.Environment]::Is64BitProcess) {
throw $loc.Error_64Bit_Required
}
}
$pack = {
param (
[string] $Guid
)
if (!$Guid) {
return
}
$Guid = (New-Object System.Guid $Guid).ToString("N").ToUpperInvariant()
$sb = New-Object System.Text.StringBuilder $translation.Count
foreach ($i in $translation) {
$null = $sb.Append($Guid[$i])
}
$sb.ToString()
}
$test = {
param (
$Product
)
if ($Product.PSPath -and ($Product | Test-Path)) {
return $true
}
if ($Product.PackageName) {
$Product | Get-MSISource | ForEach-Object {
$path = Join-Path $_.Path $Product.PackageName
if ($path | Test-Path) {
Write-Verbose ($loc.Verbose_Found_Source_Args2 -f $Product.ProductCode, $path)
return $true
}
}
}
$false
}
$remove = {
param (
[string] $Key
)
if (Test-Path $Key) {
Write-Verbose ($loc.Verbose_Remove_Key_Args1 -f $Key)
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force -UseTransaction $Key
}
}
$removeChild = {
param (
[string] $Key,
[string] $Name
)
if (Test-Path $Key) {
Get-ChildItem $Key | ForEach-Object {
$obj = $_ | Get-ItemProperty
if ($obj.$Name -ne $null) {
Write-Verbose ($loc.Verbose_Remove_Value_Args2 -f $_.Name, $Name)
Remove-ItemProperty -Force -UseTransaction -Name $Name -LiteralPath $_.PSPath
$obj = Get-ItemProperty -UseTransaction -LiteralPath $_.PSPath
if (!$obj) {
Write-Verbose ($loc.Verbose_Remove_Key_Args1 -f $_.Name)
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force -UseTransaction -LiteralPath $_.PSPath
}
}
}
}
}
if (!$ProductCode) {
# Install the MSI module if missing.
if (!(Get-Module -ListAvailable MSI)) {
Write-Verbose $loc.Verbose_Install_MSI
# Make sure PackageManagement is installed (comes with WMF 5.0 / Windows 10).
if (!(Get-Module -ListAvailable PackageManagement)) {
throw $loc.Error_PackageManagement_Required
}
Install-Module MSI -Scope CurrentUser -SkipPublisherCheck -Force
}
Write-Verbose $loc.Verbose_Scan_Missing
foreach ($msi in (Get-MSIProductInfo -UserContext Machine)) {
if (!(&$test $msi)) {
$ProductCode += $msi.ProductCode
}
}
}
foreach ($code in $ProductCode) {
if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($msi, $loc.Process_Remove_Args1 -f $code)) {
$packedProductCode = &$pack $code
Start-Transaction
Write-Verbose $loc.Verbose_Remove_Source_Reg
&$remove "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\$packedProductCode"
&$remove "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Features\$packedProductCode"
Write-Verbose $loc.Verbose_Remove_Product_Reg
&$remove "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\$packedProductCode"
&$remove "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\$code"
&$remove "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\$code"
Write-Verbose $loc.Verbose_Remove_Upgrade_Reg
&$removeChild "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UpgradeCodes" $packedProductCode
Write-Verbose $loc.Verbose_Remove_Component_Reg
&$removeChild "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components" $packedProductCode
Complete-Transaction
}
}
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Removes Windows Installer product registrtation for missing or specified MSIs
.DESCRIPTION
If Windows Installer product registration is corrupt (exit code 1610) or package
sources are missing (exit code 1603, error message 1714; or exit code 1612),
you can use this script in an elevated PowerShell command shell to clean up the
registration is a transactional manner to avoid making machine state worse.
Please note that this should be a last resort and only for those issues above.
The old msizap.exe program was frought with issues and can make matters worse
if not used properly.
.PARAMETER ProductCode
Optional list of ProductCode to clean up; otherwise, ProductCodes are scanned
from products with missing sources.
.EXAMPLE
PS> Unregister-MissingMSIs.ps1
Removes per-machine product registration for products with missing cached MSIs.
.EXAMPLE
PS> Unregister-MissingMSIs.ps1 '{7B88D6BB-A664-4E5A-AB81-C435C8639A4D}'
Remove per-machine product registration for the specified ProductCode only.
#>
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Limonaire commented May 30, 2022

Windows Installer registered components to those drive letters, and they would have to be found. There's nothing I can fix. It's broken registration due to products not properly directing components to something other than TARGETDIR. Look at results in https://www.bing.com/search?q=TARGETDIR+site%3Adevblogs.microsoft.com%2Fsetup for options.

Thanks so much sir! I've reinstall the Windows and VS2019, it works well now.

你好 请问您是怎么做到的?
谢谢了!我也是到这一步就停止了
hi how to repair TARGETDIR thank you

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heaths commented May 31, 2022

@Limonaire could you be more specific? TARGETDIR is just a property. What error are you actually getting? If it's referencing a drive letter you no longer have, there's not much that can be done in any supported manner. This was a bug caused by an MSI that used TARGETDIR improperly.

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