Sun 30 Mar 2008
Recently, I wanted to uninstall Nokia PC Suite on my Windows Vista machine. The un-installation process failed with the famous “error writing to file c:\config.msi\xyz.rbf” problem. It is one of the annoying bugs on Windows Vista.
I had this problem several times with some other applications on Windows Vista. In most cases, the solution was just press “Retry” button and the un-installation should went fine. Unfortunately, PC Suite doesn’t provide “Retry” button. What should we do?
One of the solutions is by using CCleaner, a free utility for Windows. It allows us to uninstall an application using the default Windows Installer.
If you run CCleaner and select Tools tab on the left side of the main window, select “Nokia PC Suite” and click Run Uninstaller button.
If you see a similar dialog as above, just click Retry button to continue.
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March 31st, 2008 at 5:13 am
Thanks for the tips. I’ve had a few problems uninstalling some applications pre-installed onto my laptop (Vista Home Basic). I recently reformatted the hard drive, and it’s the best decision I’ve made for a while. Did a clean install of Vista Ultimate as well.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:13 am
Thanks this really helped me. CCleaner to the rescue again. Keep up the good work - great blog. Chrz.
October 13th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I’ve been getting recommendations to use CCleaner and I see here same thing. I’ll try it a see if works for me.
October 16th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
I have spent the last couple of days trying to install Adobe Photoshop CS4 on
a dual core Vista 64 system. I was receiving the dreaded message about
c:\\config.msi not accessible. Search of the web revealed this occurs
regularly durnig various installs and many have \
January 21st, 2009 at 10:25 am
You can also try CC Cleaner to remove these files.
March 5th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
I\\\’ve use the CC cleaner and it works fine. very good recommendation.