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I can't uninstall teams machine wide installer

Anonymous
2022-10-17T17:15:50+00:00

i am trying to uninstall the teams machine wide installer, but it won't let me. the issue is that it can't even find the file. I even looked and couldn't find the file. I tried reinstalling the machine wide installer, but it says that it can't because it is already installed.

I rebooted the computer, didn't help. installing and uninstalling microsoft teams doesn't solve anything.

I can run microsoft teams itself just fine. the reason I am trying to uninstall teams machine wide installer is because microsoft teams keeps disappearing every time I restart my computer, and I keep coming to the solution of uninstalling teams machine wide installer.

I am using windows 10.

How can I uninstall teams machine wide installer? Why am I getting this error message? If tams wide installer exists, why can't I find it? If teams machine wide installer doesn't exist, why is it showing up at all here and when I try to install the teams machine wide installer?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-10-19T13:39:47+00:00

    Microsoft teams did NOT uninstall itself. i can also press the "modify" button for teams machine-wide installer WITHOUT that error message popping up.

    I think the issue that caused this wasn't that the teams machine wide installer exists, it was that it couldn't find the file in the computer anywhere, but the computer still thought it had it at the same time. this probably caused issues. it might have also been a registry issue as well.

    either way, reinstalling windows 10 fixed the problem.

    (for anyone wondering how to reinstall windows 10, there are two options.

    option 1 is to click on the windows icon at the bottom left, click settings, click update and security, click recovery on the left menu, then you will see an option to reset this pc, press "get started" underneath it.

    Option 2 is if you can't get to that; completely turn the computer off, turn it on again, but when you see the first screen that pops up (it is like a boot up screen with loading symbols), hold the power key on the keyboard to force shut off the computer before it leaves that initial screen, then do it again (turn on until boot up screen then force off), then turn on a third time and let it boot up. it will then go to recovery mode where you can look around to find an option to "reset this PC" (that is probably the wording).

    After that, your PC will reinstall windows)

    for anyone reading this, unless you have a lot of time, are fairly tech sabby, and are very curious, don't bother trying to go a ton of overcomplicated routes. just reset the PC. you will save time in the long run. you you are having problems with stuff not working in general, just reset it after saving whatever files you want.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-10-18T02:18:11+00:00

    the SARA tool didn't help.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-18T02:16:24+00:00

    I tried it again. my problem wasn't listed at all and when it asked me to describe it, it then showed me a bunch of unrelated links.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-10-17T20:43:33+00:00

    I made an entirely new profile and tried to uninstall "teams machine wide installer" from the new account. I still got the exact same error message as before.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-10-17T18:48:57+00:00

    before I do that. what is the point of using another profile? is it to see if something else is the matter, or are you wanting me to permanently use it from that profile? if you always want me to always use it from the new profile, then I can't do that. I want it fixed with this profile.

    what will actually happen when I make a new profile? will I have an entirely new desktop with a separate user? does it only give me different permissions? can I delete the new account after this fix?

    I prefer not to make an entirely new profile just for this, but if it is to see if there is another underlying issue, I will do it.

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