Uninstall Add/remove Not Working
Mar 4, 2010
currently use avast free 4.8 and ie have not the latest version 5. Now have a full-year free license of vipre antivirus premium and are thinking of switching. Is it hard to make this change say it is easy to uninstall avast and replace with vipre? how to go about uninstalling avast completely so that you may not mass remaining residue left by avast antivirus after you uninstall? have read and I understand there are two choices: uninstall via control panel add / remove programs 2nd or to start your computer in safe mode and use any uninstallutility from avast (maybe you do not need to uninstall using Add / Remove Programs?). which way is best to choose and is this enough or do I delete a file / folder manually?
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Jun 25, 2008
I am trying to uninstall Nero (the 'burning' program). The uninstall program won't remove it. Windows' Add/Remove Programs won't remove it. Finding the files and deleting manually has no effect. How do I remove it?
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May 3, 2009
I can't uninstall apps shown on Add/Remove programs nor can I update to SP2 for Office 2007. Same error code 2203. This has been going on for quite a while. Using Vista Ultimate. I'm willing to completely re-install Vista but have issues I think because I started out with XP with free upgrade to Vista Home. Then I purchased the upgrade to Vista Ultimate. So I don't have a new installation version of Vista to install as new. Same would apply to Office 2007: I only have the upgrade CD. How can I fix the uninstall/install/2203 problem? (The supposed fix for Windows Installer also fails with the same error code) Or alternatively, how can I do a complete new install of Vista Ultimate and Office 2007?
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Feb 27, 2009
I posted eariler about not being to uninstall Nero 9. It was suggested that I just delete the directories and remove the entries from the registry. Well, I am doing that now. And I'l like to comment, I've never seen an application with so much shitty crap in the resistry before.....
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Jun 30, 2008
I have a dell laptop, upgraded from XP to Vista Ultimate with SP1. All programs installed prior to upgrade have lost the ability to be uninstalled. In the add/remove programs list - when clicking on a program I want to remove the uninstall button is missing...on a newer program it will reappear? I have many programs I would like to uninstall but no option to do so. I have read every post I could find without any luck.
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May 2, 2009
This week when I tried to install Office 2007 SP2, it would not install because of an UNKNOWNComponents\ key. In RegEdit I tried to find 'unknown' and the first 8 characters of the number1 but they cannot be found.
Now I've removed Office the hard way, because uninstall also would not work because of that key and tried to fresh install it. But still I get an error (1402) on that key. How can I get rid of the UNKNOWN key? (I do not think I have any malware on my computer.)
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Mar 30, 2009
Right now I currently have a problem where my monitor is flashing black for a few seconds and then returns the image. During this time i am still able to hear and the system is not freezing up. I have installed all the new drivers for everything and tried uninstalling them too and reinstalling them all to no avail. This problem has evolved from where before it used to just freeze and then unfreeze and say that the driver has stopped working even though I had updated the driver. I am getting very frustrated at this dilemma.
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Aug 17, 2009
i'm trying to uninstall a 3mobile usb broadband and it keeps coming up with "setup.exe has stopped working" these are the problems that it says
*problem signature:*
problem event name: appcrash
application name: set43f2.tmp
application version: 10.50.0.125
application timestamp: 4178b4a2.....
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May 5, 2008
can you tell me a way to uninstall Call of Duty other than through putting in the disk and pressing UNINSTALL or in the 'All Programs'? Because it just won't uninstall there: I press install and the window simply closes and nothing else. I am asking this because I have found some patches on the Activision website (now I can get on it again) and I wan't to reinstall it...
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Nov 20, 2008
I have Vista Home Premium 32 bit.
I was having problems installing a program (Berlitz German Premier) where the install would just disappear halfway thru the process. A program would not appear under my programs list but when I went to Uninstall an icon for uninstall of the Berlitz software appears for each time I tried to install it. However I get the following error messages (see attached document with screen captures) when I tried to delete it the traditional way.
When I use Windows Install Clean Up utility, the program is nowhere to be found on the list; thus I can't use that program.
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May 27, 2008
Somehow the 'uninstall' button disappeared for most programs on my Vista Home Premium box when I used Control Pannel -> Programs -> Uninstall a Program. A few programs still have 'uninstall' button available - those have 'installed on' showing. The rest (80+% of all)don't have 'installed on' values showing and don't have 'uninstall' button.
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May 12, 2008
I have experienced two instances were Add/Remove in Vista does not remove all the software, so that comprehensive installation of similar software is not possible. The first concerned a Scanner, where Add/Remove would not remove all the software, so that installation of the new Scanner is not possible, until a procedure recommended by the Scanner's makers involving modifications to the Registry is carried out, which I could not possibly do myself, so it means hiring a Professional to do the job!
The second concerns Spellex. Here again the old version has not been removed, so that installation of the latest version is not fully carried out, making the software useless. How can Microsoft produce Windows where such problems occur? What is the experience of others in case this is a fault with my computer?
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Jun 23, 2009
I have tried all the official and miscrosoft published instructions on uninstalling SP2 Release Candidate for Vista Ultimate (in my case 32 bit). I have tried with tech support. So I have really gone the extra mile. I have very compelling reasons to not perform a new installation because of lost set up programs and keys which are essential to my business. I do have backups which go back before the SP2 installation (Release candidate). Is there no way or does anyone have knowlege of maybe just the directories or files I would need to reinstall; to uninstall RC 2 for Vista ?
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Apr 29, 2009
I downloaded Vista x64 with built in sp2 RC. I have an msdn membership, and I put this on my laptop. It now says I have an eval copy. I understand that sp2 makes it say that, but my big question is that there is no way to uninstall sp2. Am I screwed when the final sp2 comes out? I understand you need to install previous betas to put final on.
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Apr 6, 2008
At first the automatic update always tried to install the sp1 when i shut the computer down but it always failed, so i decided to download the service pack manually and install it cause i hoped problems with the windows calender, instant search(cant find anything)and the help&support would be solved. well they were not but not just that. right now every time i start the computer it tells me that i didnt activate my windows yet. so i have to type in the 25 number
long product key and wait for the online activation every time. really annoying. i tried almost everything uninstalling the update and many computer recovery tries but after uninstalling the update for like 1/2 - 1 h and restarting (without a activation needed) i tells me, sp1 was not uninstalled...............
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Oct 18, 2009
I was having so much trouble with IE loading (it took minutes not seconds) that I switched to Foxfire in the summer. However I still have to use IE for certain client sites. It was taking forever to load but then seemed OK. Now not only does it take several minutes to load it also has a very slow response time when I click on anything. Sometimes I have to click on a web page menu item twice just to get it to recognize I clicked. It's not my mouse/touchpad. It's not my internet connection (blazing fast on another). I have tried so many tools/checkers. I've deleted cookies, files, history. I've deselected all add-ons. Just to click on HOME takes forever to be recognized that I even selected it. It gets worse. I can't even uninstall IE7. It's not under the control panel as a program OR not listed as a an update. I've tried going to MS website to try a fresh download but can only get a download for XP (I have Vista). Does anyone have any links?
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Aug 17, 2009
I have been having problems opening attachments on my both my IE email and hotmail accounts. Have been putting off the problem because my life has been too busy to really deal with it. However after taking my head out of the sand I am desperately trying to figure out what is going on. I have read a gazillion (give or take a few) discussions about this. I have tried to download another browser however I find that I can not download anything. It goes through the motions but I can never find anything on my computer even after doing a search. Some say it is IE8 and to uninstall this. I have looked and can not find any place to uninstall IE8..if in fact that is what I have. Everything I see just says IE..no number after it.
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Jul 24, 2009
Recently I had a pretty bad virus on my computer. I sent it to someone and he removed various trojans and installed his recommended virus-protection softwares on it. It's not a result of him doing anything to it, as it was happening before, I assume as a result of the virus, but now when I log on, after typing in my password, it displays the 'welcome' loading screen for a ridiculously long time (about a minute), but then the screen goes completely black and all I see is my pointer. After another minute or two it actually loads the desktop.
Then there's Fraps and some other programs, which, before the virus, opened fine, but now asks for admin permission in order to open. What's even stranger is that it can't uninstall. When I start the uninstall process it just opens the 'uninstall' window and gets stuck there. My computer also seems to be slower than usual. Everything seems so messed up, should I just totally wipe my hard drive and reinstall everything? Most of my files are stored through Steam, which is mainly online, so I only have about 10 gigabytes of saved files to back up...
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Oct 31, 2008
I loaded up a brand new install yesterday and installed all of this in the following order. I let windows install SP1 thru windows updates online. I normally use the 700+mb vistax64wave0.exe (5 language offline installer package). Everything was working fantastic with this, until...The very last thing I installed after everything SP1 + All windows updates were completely done was DirectX Aug 2008 Redist. Now my system is sluggish and my games run very slow and produce mouse lag which didn't exist until I installed this. My thoughts on this was, hey newer drivers and fixes are always better right? WRONG! What a nightmare every since I installed this directx aug 2008 redist. I need to know how to remove DX9, so I can use the web updater without affecting the DX10 aspect of the vista OS. Something that was packaged inside of the redist has caused me major software conflicts. I only updated directx for gaming, is it even worth it to update directx?
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Apr 17, 2009
Normally when I uninstall a program I go into control
panel/programs-features and uninstall it. I tried to uninstall Forte
Agent(email program) and got the message "could not open INSTALL.LOG file".
There has to be another way to uninstall a program. I also have 2 programs
listed in programs-features that when I try to uninstall tells me it is no
longer located on computer. Help me fellows!
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Oct 8, 2009
They tell me to uninstall from the control panel. ie go to START,CONTROL PANEL,PROGRAMS etc. so i've highlighted it in the list-normally i would just click UNINSTALL but they tell me to only use the copy/paste method. How do i do this.? I only know how to copy/paste my registration key in to the initial download,never ever done it before so i'm not clear on how i do it while the title is in the list amongst everything else.
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Aug 11, 2009
The new ACER compuer has McAfee Antivirus suite installed. I can't find a way to uninstall it. Any way to do it?
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Apr 30, 2008
What do I need to do to Uninstall Vista and reinstall XP?
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Apr 22, 2008
I want to go back to XP MBR. I have recovery xp disks saved the first time i used the computer
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Jun 10, 2008
I installed photoshop cs3 on xp last month on my drive D: then i installed windows vista home basic on my pc. Now i need to get rid of Adobe Photoshop CS3 but i cant see any unsinstaller in the folder or in control panel. Is there a method for manually (safely) unistall programs on vista?
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Mar 23, 2008
I installed SP1 Beta which resulted in a BSOD and corrupted something somewhere that wouldn't allow me to connect to the internet (even using the connection wizard). I have tried to uninstall (as previously recommended) the SP1 without success. It always fails to uninstall and does the "reverting changes" thing.
I have tried the uninstall in safe mode, removed all my AV and non-essential programs to complete the uninstall but nothing. Is there any other way in which I can uninstall the SP1 Beta without going through the normal means?
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Apr 13, 2008
How would properly uninstall Norton Internet Security 2008 so he can use AVG?
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Mar 23, 2008
After a 'friend' installed McAfee on my laptop, it has caused Vista to crash after about 30 seconds of starting up, you are able to do nothing. I need to re-install Vista, but do not have a CD/DVD to do it. I have a valid licence key. need to know a way to either get McAfee uninstalled.
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Jan 31, 2008
So this is the first issue I've really had with this. I try to uninstall the current SP1 to install the new refresh and this is what happens. All goes well until stage 3. Stage 3 gets to 74-75% and "hangs". When I say hangs... it does progress... SLOOOOOWLLLLYYY. Eventually its gets to about 85% then jumps to 100% and eventually says "uninstall has failed" and reverts changes. It's 11:30pm right now. I started the uninstall at ~6:15pm. Between it going slowly and then reverting the changes, thats how long it took. Tried this twice so far, both with the same result. I previously uninstalled a different version of the SP, no issues.
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Sep 9, 2008
Installed I E 8 and all looks very nice. However certain things are now not working properly. The main one is Facebook. Is this coincidence or are other people having a similar problem ?. Windows Media Player is also going a bit haywire by not playing random selections . Have not had any problems before so it looks like the Beta I E 8 is not compatible with vbista at this moment. Can anybody tell me how to uninstall I E8 and go back to 7.
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Apr 30, 2009
I installed some software that malfunctioned. After that, I could not uninstall it or even delete it in Windows or from the DOS prompt (using administrative privileges. I could not stop an associated service running. I rebooted in Safe Mode with CMD prompt and manually deleted the contents of the software's folder under Program Files. When I rebooted normally, the same service was running, and I was back in the same situation. Any ideas as to what I can do from there? How do I permanently get rid of that service? I am using Windows Vista Home Basic (32-bit) with SP 1.
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