Disable rollback feature of a program.

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This setting disables the rollback feature so that it is used only by the administrators, when no other option is available.
Level: Try but be careful
Description:
The rollback feature remains activated by default. It can bring back the previous state of the system in case the installation gets failed. It takes lot of space. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. If any of the subkeys \windows\installer does not exist, create it as explained below. Then, create a string value disablerollback in the right panel. Now, right-click and modify its value to 1 which can rollback feature. However, if you want to show the original options back, change the value data to 0 or delete the added value. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. Note: experts must handle this feature only when it becomes very essential. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.




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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type 'regedit'.
Second, go to <b> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\] </b> and create a sub key 'Windows' under the key 'Microsoft'.
Third, create another sub key 'Installer' under the subkey 'Windows'.
Fourth, create a DWORD value 'DisableRollback' under the sub key 'installer'.
Now, right click on the DWORD value 'DisableRollback' and select 'Modify'.
Finally set the value data as '1' to disable rollback and click 'OK'.


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Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: Windows
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: Installer
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: DisableRollback
  • Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
  • Enabled Value: 1
  • Disabled Value: 0
  • Action Type: Add an Entry


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