diff --git a/installer/windows.xml b/installer/windows.xml
index cc644b7e..fb254e34 100644
--- a/installer/windows.xml
+++ b/installer/windows.xml
@@ -247,15 +247,6 @@
         </setInstallerVariable>
     </preInstallationActionList>
     <readyToInstallActionList>
-        <!-- Add the files installed by the previous installation to the uninstaller -->
-        <addDirectoriesToUninstaller>
-            <addContents>1</addContents>
-            <matchHiddenFiles>1</matchHiddenFiles>
-            <files>${installdir}</files>
-            <ruleList>
-                <isTrue value="${isUpgradeMode}"/>
-            </ruleList>
-        </addDirectoriesToUninstaller>
         <actionGroup>
             <actionList>
                 <!-- Remove ARP entries from previous versions... ugly but it works I guess -->
@@ -305,24 +296,6 @@
         </actionGroup>
     </readyToInstallActionList>
     <postInstallationActionList>
-        <!-- delete old client files -->
-        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/.sentry-native" />
-        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/audio" />
-        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/bearer" />
-        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/iconengines" />
-        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/imageformats" />
-        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/mediaservice" />
-        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/platforms" />
-        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/playlistformats" />
-        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/qmltooling" />
-        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/scenegraph" />
-        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/styles" />
-        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/translations" />
-        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/Qt*" />
-        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/*.dll" />
-        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/*.pdb" />
-        <deleteFile path="${installdir}/crashpad_handler.exe" />
-        <!-- //////////////////////// -->
         <createDirectory>
             <path>${windows_folder_local_appdata}/org.vatsim.xpilot</path>
             <ruleList>
@@ -470,20 +443,6 @@ ADVANCED USERS: If X-Plane 11 is not installed on this computer, leave the folde
             <mustBeWritable>1</mustBeWritable>
             <mustExist>0</mustExist>
             <width>40</width>
-            <validationActionList>
-                <throwError>
-                    <text>Error: Installing xPilot in the root X-Plane folder is not recommended. Please choose a different folder to install xPilot.
-
-The recommended installation path folder is:
-
-${platform_install_prefix}\${product_fullname}
-                    </text>
-                    <ruleList>
-                        <fileExists negate="0" path="${installdir}/X-Plane.exe"/>
-                        <platformTest type="windows"/>
-                    </ruleList>
-                </throwError>
-            </validationActionList>
         </directoryParameter>
     </parameterList>
 </project>
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