How to unstall the uninstallable?

furnace · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:35

I'm trying to uninstall F.E.A.R. but the uninstaller doesn't work..! I try to run it and nothing happens, same thing on my girlfriends laptop actually.

I don't really want to go and delete the files manually as that'd leave all the registry stuff and any other wierd files it's intalled.

Any ideas on how to uninstall this "properly"? I've encountered the same problem with ofter software before now, too :confused:

DRZ · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:38

Format C:\

Alternatively, simply restore from a convenient increment of your backup strategy.

furnace · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:40

DRZ said:
Format C:\

Alternatively, simply restore from a convenient increment of your backup strategy.

That seems a lot of hassle to just uninstall a game, is there another way to get rid of it nicely?

I don't backup often enough to do that really

ArmyofHarmony · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:41

i have a problem installing a game too, just wont wor k

iamdjdz · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:43

Can you not control panel - add and remove items it?

furnace · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:44

iamdjdz said:
Can you not control panel - add and remove items it?

That's where the problem is, I click the "remove" button and Add/Remove just crashes. If i use the uninstall in the programs menu it just does f'all!

shimy182 · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:45

go in to safe-mode of windows
then you can just manually delete stuff.. then run a registry cleaner.

masterk · 24 Dec 2006 at 20:00

There wont be much at all in the registry bud.

silversurfer · 24 Dec 2006 at 20:03

What shimy said. Orphaned registry entries can be found and removed fairly easily

Doohickey · 24 Dec 2006 at 20:13

furnace said:
That's where the problem is, I click the "remove" button and Add/Remove just crashes. If i use the uninstall in the programs menu it just does f'all!

Try finding the uninstall .exe in the F.E.A.R program files folder.

Bony Maloney · 24 Dec 2006 at 21:13

I use a programme called "Unlocker" and also Crap Cleaner has an uninstaller option.

monkeyspank · 24 Dec 2006 at 21:22

try reinstalling it first. Or just delete the folder that it's in, it's no big deal.

SexyGreyFox · 24 Dec 2006 at 22:49

The best Uninstaller I've seen is Your Uninstaller 2006 http://www.ursoftware.com/ and it does what it says on the tin.

Sirrel Squirrel · 25 Dec 2006 at 12:06

I think this was an issue with a certain patch, you could try installing the latest patch and then hopefully the uninstaller will work

t31os · 25 Dec 2006 at 12:23

dmpoole said:
The best Uninstaller I've seen is Your Uninstaller 2006 http://www.ursoftware.com/ and it does what it says on the tin.

Tried the PRO version, indeed does what it says on the tin.

furnace · 25 Dec 2006 at 20:16

The safe mode idea worked a treat

I didn't think it'd change much, but the uninstaller works fine in safe mode!