Products affected: MapInfo Pro™
Issue
Error " This operation requires elevated privileges. Restart by inserting the product DVD/CD into the media player and double-clicking the setup.exe file. This setup will now abort." occurs when trying to remove MapInfo Pro.

Cause
This is likely due to a permissions issue.
Resolution
UPDATED: December 3, 20191. If the MapInfo Pro setup.exe is available then follow these steps:
2. If MapInfo Pro setup.exe is not available then you can try to uninstall the MapInfo Pro application silently:
Type the following in Run Window
msiexec.exe /x {<UninstallKey>} /q
<UninstallKey> : The uninstall key(product code) is unique to each version of MapInfo Pro.
These keys are in the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
Copy the key and replace in the above command.
The Uninstall Key will be something similar to D25E6D07-2118-4413-8031-E9383621D139 (For reference purpose only)
If these steps do not resolve the issue then contact Tech Support directly
- Go to the installer file of MapInfo Pro on the machine
- Double click on "setup.exe".
- It would show three option (i.e Modify,Repair, Remove)
- Select 'Remove' option and click 'Next'.
- This action will uninstall MapInfo Pro from machine.
2. If MapInfo Pro setup.exe is not available then you can try to uninstall the MapInfo Pro application silently:
Type the following in Run Window
msiexec.exe /x {<UninstallKey>} /q
<UninstallKey> : The uninstall key(product code) is unique to each version of MapInfo Pro.
These keys are in the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
Copy the key and replace in the above command.
The Uninstall Key will be something similar to D25E6D07-2118-4413-8031-E9383621D139 (For reference purpose only)
If these steps do not resolve the issue then contact Tech Support directly