How to Uninstall Winter Fun Pack 2004 After Upgrading to Windows 7 or Vista

© Ramesh Srinivasan | General | 6th November 2009

Did you install the Microsoft® Winter Fun Pack 2004 in your Windows XP system earlier, and then upgraded the system to Windows 7 or Windows Vista? In that case, the uninstaller for Winter Fun Pack 2004 may not work correctly under Windows 7/Vista, throwing out error code 1713. If the uninstaller does not work, you can remove the related files and registry entries manually.

The list of registry entries and files added by Microsoft® Winter Fun Pack 2004 for Windows® XP is available at the following link:

Browser Defender™ – Download Analysis for winterfunpack2004forwindowsxp.msi

Important: Before proceeding, take a complete registry backup either using System Restore or using a program like ERUNT. This article is targeted towards intermediate and advanced users.

Registry Fix

To make things easier, I’ve made available a .REG file which removes the Winter Fun Pack 2004 related registry keys. Download winterfunpack-remove.zip (partly based on BrowserDefender.com’s installation track data), unzip and double-click the .REG file to run it.

Things to Remove Manually

1. Registry Values

After running the REG file, you may have to remove some registry values manually:

1. Start Regedit.exe and navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Installer \ Folders

2. In the right-pane, delete the values relating to Winter Fun Pack 2004 (Refer the URL above)

3. Exit the Registry Editor.

2. Files & Folders

Use the information at BrowserDefender.com and delete the files and folders added by Winter Fun Pack 2004.

3. Outlook Express Signature

1. Start Outlook Express

2. In the Tools menu, click Options

3. Click Signatures

4. Select MP Song Signature and click Remove

Note: In Microsoft Outlook, you can remove the MP Song Signature via the Tools menu, Options, Mail Format, Signatures.

5. Click OK.

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10 Comments

  1. J. Alan
    said this on Monday, March 14th 2011 8:40 am

    This was VERY COOL! Thank you for creating the winterfunpack-remove.zip and making my life much easier.

    God Bless you and your team for the work you do!

  2. Shayan
    said this on Thursday, March 3rd 2011 7:50 am

    Thank You Veryyyyyy Muchhhhh !!!!!

  3. doug
    said this on Thursday, January 13th 2011 9:45 pm

    Thank you very much Ram for helping me remove that nasty program!

  4. Canan
    said this on Tuesday, August 31st 2010 11:42 pm

    thanks a lot, i dont want to see a “fun pack” anymore!

  5. Wilson
    said this on Thursday, August 12th 2010 6:15 am

    I have very very relieved after using your method 1. thank you so much!

  6. erwin
    said this on Wednesday, August 4th 2010 11:35 pm

    You Are Amazing Dude! Thanx A Lot!

  7. Tina
    said this on Saturday, July 31st 2010 5:28 am

    OMG!!! Thank you so much!!! Worked great!!!

  8. Josh
    said this on Saturday, July 10th 2010 4:13 pm

    You guys are a life saver!!!! I have been dying to get this crap off my windows 7! Share the freedom!!!

  9. Ian
    said this on Wednesday, June 9th 2010 1:42 am

    Brilliant! I’ve been trying to get rid of Winterfunpack for ages!! It’s been driving me crazy. For a funpack it really wasn’t much fun, should be flagged as more of a virus.

    Thank you!

  10. Billy
    said this on Sunday, March 14th 2010 1:47 pm

    The winterfunpack-remove.zip that is included on this page works perfectly for new installations of Win7 where the winterfunpack2004 was installed.

    Thank you very much

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