Reinstalling Virtual PC 7

I uninstalled Virtual PC 7.0.2 a while ago, and upon trying to reinstall it now (from the 7.0 CD, 7.0.2 is a downloadable update), the install only wants to copy 686kb of the program.
When I run the 7.0 unsintaller, it crashes, which I found is a known problem if a newer version of VPC still exists on the computer. I have searched for every file I can possibly find related to VPC and removed them, but it still refuses to install.
Is there a way to "force install" or manually remove any left overs from VPC? Any other ideas? Thanks!

Hi, k.
You might want to search or post on the VirtualPC group you can find on the Microsoft Mac Support - Newsgroups page. These are Google Groups with active participation from MS VirtualPC users, including a variety of expert users.
I don't mean to send you somewhere else, but I've found numerous answers there for folks with questions related to MS products. Accordingly, it has often proved to be the first, best place to look for answers to questions such as you are asking.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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