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Cant uninstall
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Posted by: WinchesterJF
Help i installed a game in the wrong spot so in order for me to get the latest patchs i had to uninstall it and then reinstall it in the right spot. however when i uninstall it says that it cant uninstall a certain file so the game doesent work but the computer still thinks its there so i cant reinstall please help if you know how to manully uninstall something of this sort! Please help
Winchester
Posted by: goranpaa
Try Unlocker. This will unlock write protected stuff.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System.../Unlocker.shtml
Posted by: WinchesterJF
i cant even find the file though the computer thinks its here but its not
Posted by: goranpaa
Then you still have stuff in the registry. And that's what's why Windows thinks the game's still there. Use a registry cleaner software. But make a system restore point first for the sake of safety.
Registry Mechanic is good. But it is a trial. So it only allows a certain amount of repairs per scanning. You may have a lot of scanning and repairing to do.
http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/download/
Another way would be to reset the machine to a restore point (if you have one?) When you had the game installed. Then use Unlocker on that file you talked about before. And after that unistall the rest of the game.
Posted by: WinchesterJF
ok i will try thanks
Posted by: goranpaa
Hope it works.
You're welcome.
Posted by: WinchesterJF
i hope so to :P
Posted by: WinchesterJF
i ran the program and it is telling me this Unable to remove file: C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{C1583439-B034-4881-819C-D52A0587662B}\BW_SMenu.ini
when i try to uninstall or reinstall still
Posted by: goranpaa
Did you run the Registry Mechanic also?
Posted by: goranpaa
If you did? Then try a Windows xp repair.
This wont remove your games etc. Just the service pacs ( If not integrated into your Windows cd?)
And the Windows updates.
That should remove any old stuff in Windows.
If you have a non WHQL certified videocard driver? Then uninstall it in "add / remove" programs.
If you dont know if your videocard driver is WHQL?
Then type, dxdiag in "run".
Repair guide here:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
If that does'nt work? Then maybe you should consider, reformatting the harddrive, And reinstall Windows? That is if the game is important for you?
Dont forget to back up saved games and important stuff on cd or dvd first.
Posted by: WinchesterJF
arg i ended uping haveing to do a system restore to before i installed the game thanks anyway though i acedently deleated the file and it couldnt delete it because it wasnt there :P opps o well it works now so thanks for your time.
Posted by: goranpaa
Good you made it work.
You're welcome.
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