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Q: How can I erase a specified account that already exists to reinstall Icloud?

I have been unable to update my Icloud software as each time I've tried a message appears saying there's a problem with Windows Installer.  I decided to uninstall Icloud and then reinstall the latest version. Now I have nothing as a message appears during installation saying, "The specified account already exists".  How to I delete the specified account to be able to reinstall?  Any help gratefully received.

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Posted on Sep 1, 2015 2:40 PM

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Q: How can I erase a specified account that already exists to reinstall Icloud?

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  • by edfromminnetonka,

    edfromminnetonka edfromminnetonka Oct 16, 2015 8:49 AM in response to Wooster13
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    Oct 16, 2015 8:49 AM in response to Wooster13

    I had the exact problem on a WIN7 machine and I was hoping when I updated to WIN10 it would work. It didn't..

     

    But somewhere on this forum I read a solution, tried it. IT WORKED

     

    Open REGEDIT. Search for iCloud and delete every occurrence you can find. I do not know how many there are, but it seemed like I delete a couple hundred entries. When I finished, I tried to install iCloud again and it installed.