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Old 11-23-2008   #4 (permalink)
Richard G. Harper
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Re: Uninstall multiple Language Packs

Rather than install them, hide them. That will give you the same result (WU
shows no items) without nasty side effects.

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"Matt Poland" <MattPoland@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>I am having this issue as well. Some weird compulsion caused me to want my
> Windows Updates to show zero items (recommended, required and optional).
> This led me to install all the language packs. When the Windows Update
> version of Vista SP1 failed because it was the lightweight install that
> only
> a few languages, I realized I should keep my computer lighter. I got
> around
> the SP1 issue by installing the fuller standalone MSI but I still want to
> make sure I don't miss updates in the future because of language packs
> (again, going lighter). Having to uninstall them one at a time is quite a
> pain.
>
> "I. Kinal" wrote:
>
Quote:

>> I would like to uninstall several language packs from my system. However,
>> whenever I select multiple languages to remove, the first one succeeds,
>> and
>> all the rest fail. Is this a bug?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> I. Kinal
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