How to uninstall msys2? When I am trying to uninstall from 'Programs and Features' I receive the error:
What to do? Just delete the msys2 folder?
I am using Windows 8.1
Ulrich Eckhardt- MinGW Make; Select a destination folder. Confirm the start menu folder. Add bin to the Path environment variable. Add the bin folder of your MinGW installation (e.g. C: MinGW bin) to your Windows environment Path variable (see Adding an Environment Variable under Windows). This is done in order to enable the MinGW make application to run from.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs. When you find the program MinGW 5.1.4, click it, and then do one of the following: Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall. Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program). Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove MinGW.
The installer uninstalls MinGW by removing the entire contents of its installation directory. As techtonik inferred, the uninstaller must have considered 'My Documents' as its installed location, and set itself to remove it entirely. In the future, the installer will only remove the files installed by itself.
vasili1113 Answers
Looks like MSYS2 has already been uninstalled and the entry is just a leftover. So confirm the question with Yes to get rid of the entry. If still present, you can of course delete the MSYS2 folder.
In my case I had to go into the msys2 installation folder and rename maintenancetool.exe.new and maintenancetool.dat.new to maintenancetool.exe and maintenancetool.dat. Then the uninstall from the Control Panel went fine.
I could not find MSYS in the Control Panel list of apps (on Windows 10). I just deleted the whole directory.
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