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Lately Apple Software Update has been popping up with a recommended upgrade to iCloud 5.0. (I am currently on 4.1.1.53, on Windows 10 with the Fall Update).

Each time I attempt to upgrade, the upgrade fails.

I tried uninstalling the application using the uninstall utility, but that failed as well.

Finally, I tried to "Repair" the program, but that did not work either.

Any other suggestions? At this point I just want iCloud off Windows for good.

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Try to remove manually all the file in:

  • c:\program files x86\common files\apple\internet services or
  • c:\program files\common files\apple\internet services

Then, via https://discussions.apple.com/message/29281327#29281327 -

  1. Press Win + R (the "Run" prompt should appear)
  2. Type "regedit" (for the registry editor) & press enter.
  3. Make a registry backup first: press File > Export and save current state of registry
  4. Find and delete all folders containing "icloud"

Finally, you should be able to restart the computer and download iCloud from the Apple Web Site

iCloud for Windows

Reinstall the program.

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I tried this, but I could not delete ShellStreams.dll or related files because they are loaded by Windows Explorer (for Photo Stream). After deleting everything but that, I attempted reinstalling, which failed with error 2343. – drkokandy Nov 19 '15 at 6:08
    
This error 2343 seems to be tied to having Outlook 2016 - discussions.apple.com/message/29201074#29201074 - and apparently the "solution" is to install an older version of Outlook. I'm not going to buy an old version of Outlook (I have 365) in order to upgrade iCloud. Thanks for trying to help, but this appears to be the completely insane solution, for anyone else who stumbles upon this thread, – drkokandy Nov 19 '15 at 6:12
    
Okay, with this suggestion, I was able to successfully install iCloud 5.0: discussions.apple.com/message/29281327#29281327 - I'm going to try to edit your answer to add this detail, and then I should be able to mark it solved. – drkokandy Nov 19 '15 at 6:36

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