XP Mode in Win 7

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Yesterday I installed Virtual PC with XP Mode on my Win 7 Enterprise 32-bit system, and it worked, but then I screwed up the XP part, so I did (or tried to do) a remove program of Virtual PC. That seemed to work, as Virtual PC is now gone as far as I can tell. I rebooted, then tried to reinstall, but now I get an error message that XP Mode is already installed on my system. How can I force Win 7 to do a reinstall of XPM even though it thinks it is already there?

Thanks,
Tony
 

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windows 7 enterprise 32-bit
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windows 7 enterprise 32-bit
Where did you buy your Windows 7 Enterprise from?
 

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ME/XP/Vista/Win7
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It was installed by my IT dept.
 

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How did you remove it?
Click the Orb, All Programs and scroll down. Does "Windows Virtual PC" show up?
In Remove Programs (Control Panel), does "Windows XP Mode" show up?
 

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TK112 said:
Yesterday I installed Virtual PC with XP Mode on my Win 7 Enterprise 32-bit system, and it worked, but then I screwed up the XP part, so I did (or tried to do) a remove program of Virtual PC. That seemed to work, as Virtual PC is now gone as far as I can tell. I rebooted, then tried to reinstall, but now I get an error message that XP Mode is already installed on my system. How can I force Win 7 to do a reinstall of XPM even though it thinks it is already there?

Thanks,
Tony
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Sounds like you need to delete the virtual disk image - if you haven't done so. It should be located in Your username > AppData > Local > Microsoft > WindowsVirtualPC > Virtual Machines. You should delete everything in this folder if you want to reinstall from scratch.
 

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