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The answer to this question is often &quot;download and run Windows Installer CleanUp Utility&quot;. I did this on 2 different machines and I had twice the same issue: some of the links in the menus did not work any more (although the linked programs were still there). So I advise NOT to use this utility.
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The answer to this question is often "download and run Windows Installer CleanUp Utility". I did this on 2 different machines and I had twice the same issue: some of the links in the menus did not work any more (although the linked programs were still there). So I advise NOT to use this utility.

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What would be the downsides to removing the files in the &quot;\Windows\Installer&quot; folder?
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What would be the downsides to removing the files in the "\Windows\Installer" folder?

Windows\Installer Folder -- Removing Files

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.