The process of removing an installed program from a computer, including (but not always) any additional data, like user profiles, registry entries, services, etc...
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Message: “To install this, you must first uninstall” but doesn't appear in programs list
Background:
I'm trying to install a Cisco VPN software (for my work) on my home computer. I'm running Windows 8 Pro 64-bit, and I'm told that this software works fine on Windows 8 Pro. However, ...
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How to uninstall iOSOpenDev
It seem there are lots of tutorials about how to install iOSOpenDev, but not many about how to remove it. Anyone has an idea?
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Uninstalling Kerio VPN Client on Mac
Once a while ago I installed Kerio VPN Client on my Mac (Snow Leopard).
As I no longer need it, I'm about to remove it as it keeps running in the background all the time.
I was trying to remove with ...
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Uninstalled driver on Linux Mint still loads when USB plugged in
I have installed a DKMS driver for a USB device from a PPA.
I am making changes to the code and trying to uninstall the driver with apt-get --purge remove, but when I plug in the device, the kernel ...
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Cannot uninstall VMWare Workstation 9 (Linux) - Instance of VMWare VMX still running, ACE VM running
*tl;dr: VMWare WS is oddly resilient to rm -rf. Help?*
OS: Linux Mint 14
The problem:
VMWare WS 9 reports that an ACE VM is running
An instance of VMWare VMX is running, somewhere.
The UI for ...
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How do I remove Need For Speed World?
I tried Need For Speed World to see if it was a fun game, but it wasn't. So I want to remove it, but there is no built in uninstaller and I can't find it in the list of removable software.
I'm a ...
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How to disable Google Chrome downloads from Ubuntu updates?
How can I stop the Ubuntu Update from trying to download Google Chrome when it notifies me of updates?
I uncheck it every time, but it keeps coming back.
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Can't remove a program after deleting its files without running uninstaller
Instead of using a built in installer of a program, I went and deleted the program files of that program (used the recycle bin); it was removed from the control panel after I checked to uninstall ...
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uninstalling system applications on Mac OS X
I am attempting to fully uninstall stock applications on my mac, such as dvdplayer. However, the system does not allow deletion of the application. Is there any way to uninstall these applications? I ...
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Trying to uninstall mysql on mac 10.7
I have followed the instructions here:
How do I uninstall MySQL on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard)?
Removed / Changed the correct files for what they said.
But when i try a
mysql --version
It bring back ...
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I want to uninstall Cygwin, but I don't have cygrunsrv
I want to uninstall Cygwin, but I don't have cygrunsrv. Can anyone help? I was trying to delete the folder and I might have deleted cygrunsev, which is what every website tells me I need in order to ...
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Do .frm files represent the entirety of a MySQL database?
So let's say I copy /var/lib/mysql and save it somewhere else, then uninstall/reinstall MySQL and put the original /var/lib/mysql back where it was. Will I have all of my databases without any ...
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How can I remove Postgres completely from my Mac?
I have been experiencing spooky behavior with Postgres after using the Mac installer for Postgres. There seems to be an existing half-baked Postgres installation that was already there and remains ...
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1answer
52 views
How to determine where programs are currently installed Windows 7
I have a computer running windows 7, with 4 HDDs of various sizes. I've been pursuing a steady upgrade path, where each HDD is large enough to store a previous two. My issue is, I want to know if one ...
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2answers
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How do I remove an old version of WinPcap?
When installing WinPcap 4.1.2 on Windows 7 I receive the following message
"A previous version of WinPcap has been detected on this system and cannot be
removed because in use by another ...
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How to uninstall a program on Windows 7 via Linux [closed]
I have a dual boot system which has gathered some problem with malware or some other problem in Windows 7 due to which I am unable to use Windows 7.
Is it possible to uninstall Windows 7 programs by ...
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Do I Really Need all these Java Versions?
I am not sure how it happened, but when running the Control Panel to Install/Uninstall/Change application software on my Windows 7 (Home edition) system, I find several versions of Java installed. I ...
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How to remove all installation of opencv from fedora 17?
I want to remove opencv from my fedora. I installed it from scratch by compiling it. It was loaded to /usr/local directory but distributed to all folders inside. Is there any special command or ...
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How Do I Uninstall Unofficial Software On Fedora 17
I would like to know how to uninstall unofficial software in Fedora 17 GNOME(by unoffical I mean like RPMs I got from the Internet)
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1answer
362 views
Unable to remove intel small business advantage
When I try to remove intel small business advantage from my computer, it asks for a password.
My windows password and Live account password is invalid, so what is that password?
This is new Windows 8 ...
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1answer
153 views
Uninstallation of VB6 in Windows 7 issue
I am facing problems in uninstalling Visual Studio 6 Professional Edition from my laptop running Windows 7. Whenever I am trying to uninstall it, I am getting the following messages. I am posting the ...
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1answer
136 views
Driverpack Solution makes a whole bunch of programs
I am using Driver Pack solution 12.3 to update my drivers. I used it and installed 55 drivers. I noticed that there are now several dozen new entries in add/remove programs under the name Windows ...
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How can I uninstall Linux from a dual-boot machine?
I installed two OSes, Windows 7 and Linux. Now when I merge my disk partition D and F the grub> prompt is opened when I start my PC. I need to enter four commands to boot into Windows.
I want to ...
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Uninstall many programs
How to uninstall many programs in Windows?
Right now I browse to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features then choose programs one at a time.
Is there any application where I can ...
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1answer
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Can I safely apt get remove a kernel that I apt-get-install'ed?
I installed a pae kernel on my Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit box in order to try it (I thought I would add RAM to my computer which I finaly didn't).
It automatically added an entry to grub's boot menu with ...
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How to force WinXP to ask for password before software installation/uninstall?
I really like some of the linux security measures it uses.
So what i'd like to do is have WinXP Pro SP3 ask for my user password everytime i try to install/remove software.
I know I can't make ...
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716 views
How can I completely remove my Visual C++ Express installation?
I have a bunch of 'Hotfix for Visual C++ Standard 2010 Beta 1 - ENU' updates installed.
As well as 1 'Hotfix for Microsoft Visual C++ Express - ENU'
I have already completely uninstalled Visual C++ ...
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1answer
363 views
Problems uninstalling MacPorts
I am new to mac and OSX, and I installed MacPorts, and a few minutes later I realized that I confused it for another program that I intended to install. Now I have no idea how to uninstall it. I have ...
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How to uninstall Hotspot Shield's VPN adapter driver?
After installing Hotspot with Revo Uninstaller then uninstalling it completely from my system, I'm still left with Hotspot's VPN adapter driver.
This bothers me a great deal. Unfortunately I did ...
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1answer
315 views
How to uninstall AMD Display Driver from other install of Windows
So my Windows 7 had a BSOD from an Ati driver file then restarting only gives me some wierd coloured lines at the top of the screen. Starting in safe mode causes the boot up to freeze at AtiPcie.sys ...
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Last uninstalled application [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a Windows 7 uninstall log that shows who uninstalled what?
I accidenally uninstalled 1 of my applications. (Actually I wanted to uninstall another one) The ...
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Uninstalling Visual Studio 2010 components
Hope I'm asking this in the right place. I've recently installed Visual Studio 2010 Professional (for a university project). We have to design a dummy interface for a system modelling scrum management ...
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1answer
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Windows 8 Java install is interrupted
Every time i attempt to install JRE 7u9 the installer gives me an error saying that java ran into an unexpected error please try installing later. Whenever i try I get the same error.
I attempted to ...
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1answer
297 views
What's the difference between these Intel components?
What's the difference between the Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) and Intel Chipset software (and INF update utility)?
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MySQL Server 5.5: Uninstaller gone missing - how to uninstall while preserving data and settings?
I'm running MySQL Server 5.5.25 64-bit on a Windows 7 machine.
Recently I wanted to upgrade to the latest 5.5.28 version, but the installer wouldn't recognize the installed instance.
I then noticed ...
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How to delete HDF5 completely?
I want to run a Python script that uses the module netCDF4. Therefore I followed the instructions here: http://netcdf4-python.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/docs/netCDF4-module.html
For what reason ever, ...
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Hide or uninstall apps for particular users in Mac OSX 10.8
I am trying to create a second user login on my laptop so I can separate all my personal apps and documents from my work ones as I use my laptop at work. Both accounts have admin privileges.
How can ...
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How can I uninstall Java 7 Update 5 when I don't have the “jre1.7.0_05-c.msi” file?
Whenever I try to update to the latest version of Java, an installation of Java 7 Update 5 is detected and then I'm asked for the file, jre1.7.0_05-c.msi, which I don't have, so then the installation ...
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Uninstall unplugged USB driver
Running WinXP, I have a Lacie USB HD which prevents (by some bug) starting and terminating of applications on my computer when I plug it in, and so I'm not able to uninstall the device driver. How can ...
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1answer
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Cannot install 64 bit Microsoft Visio 2013 after uninstalling Office 2010 32 bit
I have Windows 7 64 bit. Few days ago, I installed 32 bit Microsoft Office and Microsoft Visio 2010.
Later, I wanted now to try Microsoft Visio 2013 64 bit. Hence with Revo Uninstaller Pro and ...
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How do you uninstall Windows 8 apps that are not on the start screen?
If an app is on the start screen, I can right click it and choose "Uninstall" to uninstall it.
But if I have previously chosen "Unpin from Start" for an app, so that the app is no longer on the start ...
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how could you create a transparent user filesystem
I would like to know how you could create a root filesystem on a rom image but have it transparently linked to a users home folder.
I wish to create a symbolic link to usr/bin within the users home ...
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1answer
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Uninstalling hard deleted application from Windows7
Unfortunately, I have hard deleted the microsoft sql server folder present in program files folder. So now I need to uninstall the MSSQL server from my machine. I have tried but I got an error ...
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2answers
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What happens when I uninstall Modern UI Applications?
What exactly happens when I uninstall Modern UI Applications from within the Tile View (not the Programs and Features from desktop view)?
Will ALL the registry keys be removed? Will all the settings ...
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1answer
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Accidentally installed two versions of git
I originally had git installed via Homebrew, but on this machine I forgot to setup the bash completion. So when I attempted to download the git source I accidentally installed a second version of git ...
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Uninstalling software leaves behind PATH information [closed]
Uninstalling our products client software leaves behind the PATH information. On the first installation the PATH was C:\Program Files(x86)\Company\Product\Clients\bin; after that for every ...
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Uninstalling windows 8 without formatting the partition
I have three partitions:
c:\ with XP
E:\ data files
D:\ with Windows 8 installed.
All is now full of data so won't make space. Due to low resource I want to uninstall Windows 8 . Is there any way ...
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How do I delete an application entirely and prevent this from happening?
My Mac still runs processes from a program I deleted. How do I delete an application entirely and prevent this from happening?
My Mac still runs processes from a program I deleted
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1answer
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Problems with uninstallation of windows 8
I installed windows 8's developer preview version dual boot with win 7 ultimate.
I put my win 8's partition to 11 GB (almost), but now when I try to uninstall the win 8 it dont allow me to uninstall ...
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How to uninstall an Application in Windows 8
Now there are two different types of applications (Modern UI and Desktop) and I'm wondering how to uninstall them now? Does the old "add/remove Application" still work?
