can't uninstall a game...what do i do?

[spanky]

hi,

i am trying to uninstall need for speed 5, but i get an error saying a certain log file is possibly corrupted or missing. i noticed this kinda error messege before, but just didn't really give a crap and left the program installed. but now, i want it out for i am running low on HD space. other than reinstalling the program...is there another way i can get rid of it? do those uninstaller programs really work? i noticed there are a few freeware and shareware uninstallers on download.com. so...anyone ever used those programs before? and if so, do they really work when the windows installer fails?


-spanky

 

[BFG10K]

there another way i can get rid of it?

Of course there is. Just find the folder and manually delete it.

 

[Davegod]

yah very few games put files anywhere other than in their main folder, plus a few icons on desktop/startmenu.

 

[spanky]

is there a way to get it out of my "add/remove" programs menu? i am running win98 se...

 

[MilkPowderR]

<< is there a way to get it out of my "add/remove" programs menu? i am running win98 se... >>



Yah, reinstall the game.

Then, uninstall.

You will no longer see the thing in the add/remove menu and the game should be fully uninstalled by now.

 

[Davegod]

uh, proly, i have same OS but bolloxed if i know. proly theres a log file for it, or its listed in some big logfile for everything.... sorry.

 

[Davegod]

oh and uninstallers generally have to be active when installing teh thing in the first place, and even then i wouldnt trust them (had one before, admittably quite a while ago so maybe theyve improved, but ive seen things like autoexec.bat listed as to be deleted!)

 

[Spankthru]

If you want to get that pesky title out of the add/removes program list use TWEAKUI and delete it

 

[Dark4ng3l]

Yeah tweakui can remove the program from the list(but not uninstall it, if you do this you need to delete manually)

 

[corkyg]

Yeah . . . manual zapping works, followed by manual registry scrubbing and manual Tweak.ui elimination from the Add/Remove menu. You can simplify the manual registry scrubbing by just running Norton Windoctor after zapping the files and rebooting.

 

[spanky]

thanx for the info guys