Solve : add/remove programs.?

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Answer» I have a windows xp Dell gx2170 Pent. 4. 2.8 512mb xp pro. COA, and have b EEN attempting to remove anumber of files from my computer. I go to the add/remove in the control panel and when I click on the item to be removed I get INSTALLATION LOG FILE NOT FOUND, and on others I get DOES NOT EXIST. Can somebody help me here please. In addition to this some of these sites are also on my desktop as a shortcut, but according to the add/remove they do not exist. Many thanks.it should offer to delete the entry in the programs dialog if it cant find the installation file, i know windows 2000 does this but i am not sure about any other windows. what windows are you using?You also might have accidently moved or deleted the program files needed to uninstall the program. pat, thanks for your reply. I am using a windows xp professisonal. i did not even know i had a program file which i would need to add or delete the items mentioned. Hope you can help and maybe tell me what the program file would be that i need to add and delete. many thanks.Seems like there's some misunderstanding here. You should generally not remove program files directly from your hard drive. The proper way to uninstall a program is to use the Add or Remove Programs panel or an uninstall option provided on the Programs menu. How many programs are you not able to remove via the Add or Remove Programs panel? Normally, this should not happen and it makes me wonder whether somebody has been tampering with programs files on your hard drive and has, indeed, removed files. Also, tell us what protections you're using against viruses and spyware.Are you trying to remove files or trying to remove programs?Soybean, being new to computers and 62 years old, I had trouble even getting back to you, I found you through search, congratulations on your MASSIVE input to people like us, you certainly do a great job. Now my PROBLEM as best i can explain is this, I have a Windows xp pro Dell Optiplex GX270, 2.8, 512 mb. COA and nero installed. I have had problems with a number of items. 1. Since i updated to media player 11 i could not get my live racing through n.s.w. TAB, and after several days was advised by them that I would have to rollback to media player 10. I uninstalled media player 11 however it would not automatically roll back to media player 10 I went to another section and eventually downloaded media player 10 on three occasions and on every occasion I received THIS VERSION OF WINDOWS MEDIA TECHONOLGIES IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THIS VERSION OF WINDOWS. Quote from: soybean on July 26, 2007, 09:56:52 AM Seems like there's some misunderstanding here. You should generally not remove program files directly from your hard drive. The proper way to uninstall a program is to use the Add or Remove Programs panel or an uninstall option provided on the Programs menu. How many programs are you not able to remove via the Add or Remove Programs panel? Normally, this should not happen and it makes me wonder whether somebody has been tampering with programs files on your hard drive and has, indeed, removed files. Also, tell us what protections you're using against viruses and spyware. Soybean, Sorry i couldn't fit all my problems in the one message, so continuing here and hope you get them. many thanks. In reply to your information, I have mostly gone to the control panel, then add/remove and removed the program. I have also on occasion done it from the uinstall option in the program menu. Some items have been successfully deleted and some not. I would probable have about seven or eight programs where I get replies like INSTALLATION LOG FILE NOT FOUND - or -DOES NOT EXIST or FILE NAME IS NOT THERE or COULD NOT LOAD LANGUAGE FILE or FATAL ERROR - COULD NOT OPEN PAULS BLACKJACK. On some occasions I get ....has been successfully removed, but when I go to programs adn and and remove programs the thing is still there. My computer tech was recently here and did a number of things and since then I have found these problems.I have spyware doctor and avg installed. Hoping you can help me here and many many thanks.i have removed my sound from my computer and can not get it back can any 1 help me ?? rider please start your own topic instead of posting in someone else's and please give more information on your problem. Like what version of windows you're using, the make and model of your computer, what caused the problem, etc.ozcrash this is a good program for files you can't delete. http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/unlocker1.8.5.exeif u are trying to uninstall programs which u dont see under add/remove programs then u can use Windows INSTALLER CLEANUP Utility . it will list all the programs installed and u can uninstall any program. here's the link : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301 all the best

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I have a windows xp Dell gx2170 Pent. 4. 2.8 512mb xp pro. COA, and have b EEN attempting to remove anumber of files from my computer. I go to the add/remove in the control panel and when I click on the item to be removed I get INSTALLATION LOG FILE NOT FOUND, and on others I get DOES NOT EXIST. Can somebody help me here please. In addition to this some of these sites are also on my desktop as a shortcut, but according to the add/remove they do not exist. Many thanks.it should offer to delete the entry in the programs dialog if it cant find the installation file, i know windows 2000 does this but i am not sure about any other windows. what windows are you using?You also might have accidently moved or deleted the program files needed to uninstall the program. pat, thanks for your reply. I am using a windows xp professisonal. i did not even know i had a program file which i would need to add or delete the items mentioned. Hope you can help and maybe tell me what the program file would be that i need to add and delete. many thanks.Seems like there's some misunderstanding here. You should generally not remove program files directly from your hard drive. The proper way to uninstall a program is to use the Add or Remove Programs panel or an uninstall option provided on the Programs menu.

How many programs are you not able to remove via the Add or Remove Programs panel? Normally, this should not happen and it makes me wonder whether somebody has been tampering with programs files on your hard drive and has, indeed, removed files.

Also, tell us what protections you're using against viruses and spyware.Are you trying to remove files or trying to remove programs?Soybean, being new to computers and 62 years old, I had trouble even getting back to you, I found you through search, congratulations on your MASSIVE input to people like us, you certainly do a great job. Now my PROBLEM as best i can explain is this, I have a Windows xp pro Dell Optiplex GX270, 2.8, 512 mb. COA and nero installed. I have had problems with a number of items.
1. Since i updated to media player 11 i could not get my live racing through n.s.w. TAB, and after several days was advised by them that I would have to rollback to media player 10. I uninstalled media player 11 however it would not automatically roll back to media player 10 I went to another section and eventually downloaded media player 10 on three occasions and on every occasion I received THIS VERSION OF WINDOWS MEDIA TECHONOLGIES IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THIS VERSION OF WINDOWS. Quote from: soybean on July 26, 2007, 09:56:52 AM

Seems like there's some misunderstanding here. You should generally not remove program files directly from your hard drive. The proper way to uninstall a program is to use the Add or Remove Programs panel or an uninstall option provided on the Programs menu.

How many programs are you not able to remove via the Add or Remove Programs panel? Normally, this should not happen and it makes me wonder whether somebody has been tampering with programs files on your hard drive and has, indeed, removed files.

Also, tell us what protections you're using against viruses and spyware.

Soybean, Sorry i couldn't fit all my problems in the one message, so continuing here and hope you get them. many thanks. In reply to your information, I have mostly gone to the control panel, then add/remove and removed the program. I have also on occasion done it from the uinstall option in the program menu. Some items have been successfully deleted and some not. I would probable have about seven or eight programs where I get replies like INSTALLATION LOG FILE NOT FOUND - or -DOES NOT EXIST or FILE NAME IS NOT THERE or COULD NOT LOAD LANGUAGE FILE or FATAL ERROR - COULD NOT OPEN PAULS BLACKJACK. On some occasions I get ....has been successfully removed, but when I go to programs adn and and remove programs the thing is still there. My computer tech was recently here and did a number of things and since then I have found these problems.I have spyware doctor and avg installed. Hoping you can help me here and many many thanks.i have removed my sound from my computer and can not get it back can any 1 help me ?? rider please start your own topic instead of posting in someone else's and please give more information on your problem. Like what version of windows you're using, the make and model of your computer, what caused the problem, etc.ozcrash this is a good program for files you can't delete.

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/unlocker1.8.5.exeif u are trying to uninstall programs which u dont see under add/remove programs then u can use Windows INSTALLER CLEANUP Utility . it will list all the programs installed and u can uninstall any program.
here's the link :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

all the best

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