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Old 11-09-2007
KarenA
 

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Uninstall problem - uninstall not recognized by system
I recently uninstalled a program in order to install a new version. The old
version no longer shows up in my programs list (from the start button & then
programs). However it still shows up on the Control panel page used to
install or uninstall programs. When I try to install the new version of the
program I want - a drop down box appears stating that the old version still
exists and must be uninstalled in Windows Control panel. When I then go to
the control panel to try to uninstall for the second time I receive the
error message ""The specified module could not be found". So it seems that
the first uninstall did indeed uninstall the program - but it still shows up
on the control panel. Any ideas??

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Old 11-09-2007
Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]
 

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Re: Uninstall problem - uninstall not recognized by system
That's probably a Windows Installer error, I suspect the uninstall didn't
run correctly and damaged the installation. I think this utility will help:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

The utility does NOT uninstall the program, it it removes all installation
records from Windows Installer so that a program can be re-installed to fix
the damage, then uninstalled correctly.

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"KarenA" <KAREN.FRAKES@ZOOMTOWN.COM> wrote in message
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> I recently uninstalled a program in order to install a new version. The

old
> version no longer shows up in my programs list (from the start button &

then
> programs). However it still shows up on the Control panel page used to
> install or uninstall programs. When I try to install the new version of

the
> program I want - a drop down box appears stating that the old version

still
> exists and must be uninstalled in Windows Control panel. When I then go to
> the control panel to try to uninstall for the second time I receive the
> error message ""The specified module could not be found". So it seems

that
> the first uninstall did indeed uninstall the program - but it still shows

up
> on the control panel. Any ideas??
>



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