How to uninstall a game from a second HDD

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I'm running Win 7 64 bit form an SSD, and have several programs and games on a WD black HDD. Because the games are not on my C drive, they of course don't show up as options to uninstall in Ctrl Panel>Programs and Features. For some games I didn't install a start menu folder and in the games directory path there is no uninstall option.

So for example I installed the game Remember Me. The path is E:\Games\Remember Me which holds the exe and all other game files and folders. So if I want to uninstall the game, can I just safely delete the directory and all files or will this cause problems?

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I agree with what diabedo said. In addition, a registry cleaner like CCleaner(free) will clean up anything old programs left behind.

Another free alternative is revo uninstaller. similar to CCleaner but it will also search the computer for any files or folders left behind as well.

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this could cause issues if you were to try to reinstall any of these programs on your machine again. I recently cut back of my drives. 5 to 3. when i deleted all the applications from one drive. so i could reinstall them on another drive and the directories tell my machine that the program is already installed when it is not, just route directories still exist within my C drive. in my case it was AutoCAD that gave me the most problem with this. and still havent fixed it, tho its not a huge priority at the moment.
 

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oh ok. i didnt realize it was a fresh OS install. shouldnt have the issue i mentioned
 

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For clarification ...

I didn't transfer my OS to the SSD; the OS was always on the SSD

I have an SSD. I've had it since day one of this rig. I installed Win 7 64 bit on it originally and have not changed that.

I also have an HDD. I installed the games on that drive originally and that is where they are now.
 

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ok that's that i was originally thinking. What i said earlier
"this could cause issues if you were to try to reinstall any of these programs on your machine again."
and such, you could run into problems. but as long as you don't plan on reinstalling these programs you want to delete you should experience minimal to no issues.
 
I agree with what diabedo said. In addition, a registry cleaner like CCleaner(free) will clean up anything old programs left behind.

Another free alternative is revo uninstaller. similar to CCleaner but it will also search the computer for any files or folders left behind as well.
 
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Nope. That's not what I did, as I said earlier. So let me try and be even clearer ...

When I built the computer I only installed the SSD and Win 7 64 bit. Then I added a HDD. Then I added a second HDD - the one that contains the game files. Only after I installed that second HDD did I even install games. The original Win 7 OS on the original SSD had not, and has not changed. Everything was added after it.

I have WoW on my main C drive (the SSD) and it shows up in Programs and Features. I have Remember Me, COD MW2, Far Cry 3, Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3 on my WD Black HDD (E Drive) and none of them show up in Programs and Features.
 


That doesn't make any sense because I also have a 1 SSD 2 HDD system and all my games installed on the other drive show up under programs and features.
 

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This is strange. What James Mason says is true. it doesn't matter where a program is installed as long as you have windows install it there will be directories on the local "C" drive telling the system where it is and that is installed. And that is how the add/remove list is compiled. This is where the problem i originally said comes in when trying to reinstall those programs that are not local.
 

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My mistake with Mass Effect. ME 1, 2 & 3 are in Programs and Features, but the y were not listed alphabetically - I missed them. I did however check the list again, twice to be sure, and Remember Me, Far Cry and COD MW2 absolutely are not on the list.

However Remember Me did show up in the Revo uninstaller list so I uninstalled it that way,
Thanks
 


I mean, it's possible you got a virus or something trying to hide itself and it also hid some of your other applications as well.

I mean some pirated software doesn't make registry entries >_> but we can't help with that.
 


Yeah, that's what I like about revo. It will pick up programs that aren't even on the windows uninstall list. I wish it had a feature to replace the windows uninstaller, frankly it's much better.