[SOLVED] Chrome insufficient rights

[Dayummm]

When I try to uninstall chrome it says insufficient rights even though im signed as an admin

I removed chrome manually but in uninstall programs, chrome is still there

How can I remove chrome from uninstall programs or get rights to uninstall it?

 

[Colif]

is this on your new install? that is an odd error. I assume the user you made is linked to an email address? Only 2 types of users on Win 10, Admin accounts and local users. Your main user is auto admin.

try reinstalling it and then remove it again?

 

[Dayummm]

It happened because I changed programfilesdir in regedit then installed chrome,
And I couldnt uninstall anymore (I will never ever change programfilesdir just because some program like chrome, discord dont have option to choose install location :/)

I changed the value in regedit back but still can not uninstall

I tried removing manually chrome, install back, uninstall multiple times - still insufficient rights

The chrome in uninstall programs doesnt even have icon

 

[Colif]

why are you messing in registry?

I never go in there, I find you can fix almost everything in windows without even opening it.

You could use system restore and see if there is a restore point prior to you changing registry as it saves a copy.

 

[USAFRet]

It happened because I changed programfilesdir in regedit then installed chrome,

Well...that is a fast way to break your OS.
You're lucky you still have access to regedit.

1. That is NOT the way to change where something is installed.
2. Why were you trying to install it on a different drive?

 

[Colif]

win 10 isn't granular enough to let you change that directory and not want to install drivers into it. Drivers aren't smart, they written assuming they will be on C. You can break windows doing that.

His boot drive appears to be 240gb so its not just to save space. I don't know how big the hdd is, he used to have a 500gb but it was replaced last October.

 

[Dayummm]

Idk, everything seems working I changed the values back almost immediately
I will just reinstall OS if things were really bad
I just wanted to have all installed software in one location, ik big mistake and stoopid reason to mess with registry :C
I rarely go to registry myself

and the google chrome issue was resolved by revo uninstaller
so very nice, hopefully everything is ok ;-;

 

[USAFRet]

I just wanted to have all installed software in one location

Yeah.
ProgramFiles and ProgramFiles(x86), on the C drive.
There is rarely a need to install elsewhere. And never a reason to go into the Registry to force it to be elsewhere.

 

[Colif]

only real way to do that is change their install location at time of installation.

I find it just gets messy installing on other hdd as then when you ever reisntall win 10 you have all these programs that don't work anymore on other drive.

easier to just move library folders instead - https://www.dummies.com/computers/o...e-the-location-of-user-folders-in-windows-10/ - if you want to save space on ssd.