How do I manually uninstall programs in WinXP?

[IdahoB]

I need to know the registry edits required to make Windows XP think that a program has been uninstalled.

Here's the problem - Lionhead's game Black and White is corrupted somehow, and I need to remove it. However, the uninstall link or option in Windows Add/Remove Programs doesn't work. Simply removing the program folder won't do anything. Normally I'd just re-install, however when I try this the Installshield detects that the program is already installed and only asks me if I want to uninstall it - which doesn't work as I've already mentioned. I'm stuck in a Catch 22 - I can't uninstall until it's fixed, and I can't fix it without uninstalling first!

Please help - this is driving me mad.

Thanks!

 

[IdahoB]

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[davidwiz]

I had this problem before and found the best way to handle this was to use "TweakXP" and remove the program from windowsxp "add or remove program list". I found when install shield looks to see if a program is installed, it checks the programs in Windows xp "Change or Remove Program". TweakXP has a module for removing programs from that list.

 

[Crank]

Aaaargh! I've got the very same problem with Intel System Monitor, but I'm running Win2K.
I don't suppose TweakXP will work, right - is there a Tweak for 2K?
Any other advice?

Thanks in advance,

 

[Doh!]

Download RegCleaner (it's a freeware) & get rid of all registry settings for the program.

 

[bacillus]

RegCleaner for win98, ME, win2k & XP

 

[spyordie007]

X:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information

find out which of those items is for your program and delete it

you should than be able to reinstall

-Spy

 

[Crank]

Urgh.....used the RegCleaner program and did get the program uninstalled, but the reinstall has some sort of bad error and won't complete the installation.
I think it might be time for a reformat, and I was SO hoping to avoid that.......

 

[spyordie007]

Originally posted by: spyordie007
X:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information

find out which of those items is for your program and delete it

you should than be able to reinstall

-Spy

I wanted to add in to my earlier post as well, to get it out of the windows installer go into the registry and find:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
and remove your item from there.

Sorry to hear about your bad luck IdahoB

 

[IdahoB]

Heh - actually TweakXP sorted this out for me months ago - I was quite surprised to see this thread re-surface.