Updates to Silverlight won't install and can't uninstall

Anonymous
2010-02-12T05:42:45+00:00

tried updating critical update to silverlight kb97202

over 30 times won't install

kb974331 didn't either 28 times

uninstall silerlight failed 3 times

"This patch could not be opened. Verify that the patch exists and that you can access it, or contact the applications vendor to verify that this is a genuine Windows Installer patch package."

http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/

was referred to registry cleaner ;-(

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Anonymous
2011-01-15T07:28:44+00:00
<br>1.      In<br> the Control Panel, open the Add/Remove Programs applet (Programs on Vista) and uninstall Microsoft Silverlight if it is shown as installed by clicking on it and then clicking Uninstall or Remove. If you get an error on this step (for example a dialog saying<br> that the .msi file cannot be found), just continue on to the next step<br><br><br>Note :Be<br> careful that you only delete what I say to delete below. If you delete too much by accident it is quite likely that you will break something and there is no way to undo accidental changes<br><br><br> <br><br><br><br>2.        ClickStart,<br> and then click on Run. <br><br><br>Ø        Typeregedit<br> in the Run box and click on OK.<br><br><br>Ø In<br> Registry Editor expandMy Computer and then expand<br><br><br>   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT<br> and navigate to INSATLLER<br><br><br>Ø ExpandINSTALLER,<br> and then expand PRODUCTS<br><br><br>Ø UnderPRODUCTS<br> right-click{D7314F9862C648A4DB8BE2A5B47BE100**}<br> andthen clickDelete**<br><br><br>****<br><br><br>3.      Try<br> updating or installing Silverlighthttp://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight ,<br><br><br><br>if this step failsjust<br> continue on to the next step<br><br><br> <br><br><br>4.      Using<br> regedit, navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Silverlight and delete the key<br><br><br> <br><br><br>5.      From<br> an administrator command shell you can do this by running: <br><br>reg delete HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Silverlight /f<br><br><br> <br><br><br>6.      Using<br> Windows Explorer, delete the “Microsoft Silverlight” directory from under Program Files.<br><br><br>    From<br> an administrator command shell on anx86 you can do this by running: <br><br>rmdir /s /q "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Silverlight<br><br><br>    If<br> you are on a64-bit version of Windows, substitute ProgramFiles(x86): <br><br>rmdir /s /q "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Silverlight<br><br><br><br>7.      Try updating or installing<br> Silverlighthttp://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight<br><br><br>8.      If<br> the issue is related to playing Media Streaming using third party players from any website then try resetting the Internet Explorer to defaults

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-02-13T02:10:04+00:00

    Hey presenting1,

    To resolve this issue, run the Silverlight uninstaller to remove the Windows Installer registry settings, and then reinstall Silverlight. To do this, follow these steps:

    Download, install, and then run the Windows Installer CleanUp utility to remove the Windows Installer registry settings that are associated with your

    Download it from:

    How to clean a corrupted Silverlight installation and then reinstall Silverlight

    See if this helps you in uninstalling Silverlight from the computer.

    If you succeeded in uninstalling Silverlight, go to the webpage below and download the latest version.

    **http://silverlight.net/getstarted/**

    Once this is done, you may consider running Windows update again.

    Regards,

    Shinmila H - Microsoft Support

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-06-08T01:14:11+00:00

    Uninstall was unsuccessful with the following error message: "This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package." The solution I found is to run the Windows Installer CleanUp utility to remove the Windows Installer registry settings, and then reinstall Office.

    I'm reluctant to do this because I do not have the installation CD for Office 2003 that is on my computer, but I do have the key.

    Also could not install an automatic update and received this error message: "Update for Microsoft Silverlight (KB982926) could not be installed".

    When I tried to upgrade to Silverlight v.4, I was instructed to uninstall v.3, so I am back where I started.

    Can anybody help me out of this?

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-06-09T07:03:47+00:00

    Hi, Shinmila H

    I had the same problem uninstalling Silverlight and your instructions did the job perfectly.....Thank you very much.

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