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When I try to uninstall a program from Windows 7 through the Control Panel (Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features, and not a third-party software like Revo Uninstaller) I see this error message:
Please wait until the current program is finished uninstalling or being changed
How can I know which program is being installed or uninstalled?
Looking at the task manager can give some hints:
but it's a bit tedious and might not be obvious. Is there a better way? And without having to just restart Windows?
Several people use the same computer (using the same Windows account). Taskbar doesn't always show all programs as some being installed or uninstalled might not have a taskbar item (typically a background process that is on hold for whatever reason).
1I've got a new Acer PC here at work that they want me to uninstall all of the bloat-ware that Acer put on there. Every freakin' one of them is throwing up that message, and they have never even been run before. What a PITA, rebooting after uninstalling every one. It looks like there are 20 or so I have to do. – jp2code – 2015-11-11T18:26:49.050
1Just for future reference, I had this problem and solved it by killing processes TrustedInstaller and a particular dllhost.exe whose command-line (seen in Process Explorer) mentioned something about uninstalling. – pgr – 2015-12-31T13:43:03.240