Unable to remove product with code yada yada

Hello postini!!
Here we are, another new problem uninstalling Exchange 2007! 😦
Running setup.com /uninstall, see what happened:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Bin>Setup /mode:uninstall
Welcome to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unattended Setup
Preparing Exchange Setup
The following server roles will be removed
 Mailbox Role
 Management Tools
Performing Microsoft Exchange Server Prerequisite Check
Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server
Mailbox Server Role              ......................... COMPLETED
 Exchange Management Tools        ......................... COMPLETED
 Removing Exchange Files          ......................... FAILED
 Unable to remove product with code 24b2c164-de66-44fe-b468-a46d9d5e6b31. Fa
 tal error during installation. Error code is 1603.
The Exchange Server Setup operation did not complete. For more information, visi
 t http://support.microsoft.com and enter the Error ID.
Exchange Server setup encountered an error.

ARGHH!!! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!?!?!?
Googling around and trying, I found this solution:
Go to Exchange installation directory (usually C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server) and propagate the directory inheritable security permissions.
allow_inheritable_permissions

From my experience, this problem happened in conjunction with this one:
“Process execution failed with exit code 5”
that you can solve looking at the uninstallation log (usually placed here: C:\ExchangeSetupLogs\ExchangeSetup.log) an registering the dll that raises the error.

See ya!

One Response to Unable to remove product with code yada yada

  1. Steven Collins says:

    Thanks for the article, it did help as I had the same issue until I ran setup with admin rights 🙂

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