Here are the manual removal instructions for Tweak UI v2.10 PowerToy for Windows XP, which can be used if the uninstaller (which is an HTA script) does not work. In some systems, a blank window may show up when uninstalling Tweak UI via Add or Remove Programs.
Fig 1: Blank screen when uninstalling Tweak UI (tweakui.exe/uninstall.hta)
Removing Tweak UI 2.10 manually
1. Click Start, Run. Type "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs"
2. Delete the folder named Powertoys for Windows XP. (Alternately, this folder can be deleted via the Start menu, All Programs)
3. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32 folder, and delete the following files:
- TweakUI.exe
- PowerToysLicense.rtf
4. Click Start, Run. Type regedit.exe and press {ENTER}
5. Navigate to the following branch:
6. Right-click Tweak UI 2.10 and choose Delete
7. Click Yes when you see the confirmation dialog
8. Exit the Registry Editor.
Tweak UI 2.10 is now removed from your computer.
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me wrote “Users who find uninstalling tweakui fails likely have had registrybooster or other cleaner remove and/or corrupt the uninstaller, so simply re-run tweakui’s installer, then add-rem progs will properly and actually uninstall tweakui.”
I botched it up on Win XP by moving the shortcut from the “Powertoys for Windows” folder from the all programs menu and putting it in a different folder, I them deleted the Powertoys for Windows folder. When I came to uninstall it via the add/remove programs it errored saying such and such was missing so I ended up doing it manually.
Weird as the uninstaller is not in the priginal created folder and even so it should still do it as it is appearing in the add/remove panel?
Great site Ramesh
Users who find uninstalling tweakui fails likely have had registrybooster or other cleaner remove and/or corrupt the uninstaller, so simply re-run tweakui’s installer, then add-rem progs will properly and actually uninstall tweakui.