installing problem

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I have 3 hard drives installed onto my comp
i have installed a game onto the c: hard dive then went to
install an expansion pack but get an error message that
says unable to locate original game please reinstall it

can any one help and does any one know how to uninstall
games completely from the hard drive

 

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Hi Ally,

"Ally" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:85c201c495dc$ad07cd90$a301280a@phx.gbl...
| I have 3 hard drives installed onto my comp
| i have installed a game onto the c: hard dive then went to
| install an expansion pack but get an error message that
| says unable to locate original game please reinstall it
|
| can any one help and does any one know how to uninstall
| games completely from the hard drive

Here's how to uninstall a game:

Step A: In Control Panel / Add-Remove Programs, delete the game and then
the game's folder especially if you previously experienced problems
with a patch, or if you installed the Trial, Mods, NO CD patches, etc.

Note: Click Start to Search or Find your game. Many times there are two installs
of the same game on a system and the patch installs to the wrong one. Also if you
installed a Trial version of the game, this could be causing a conflict.. Uninstall it
and delete the folder.

Step B: Reinstall the game to the same folder and try uninstalling it

Step C: Install and Run Regcleaner and if it finds any stray registry keys for the
game, delete them. Reboot your computer, and then re-install the game.
Regcleaner Download: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html


Cheers,
Jimmy S.

Microsoft MVP Windows XP Shell/User: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
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_________________________________________________________

 

[trying2]

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go to Program Files, then locate your game's folder.
Might be under the publishers name, not the game's name.
Look for Uninstall, or Unwise (same thing) file.

Look for it in the control Panel/ Add-Remove folder. Find
your game's name.

All else fails, do a search / Find and look for your games
name. Then you can find the folder, and look for an
uninstall or unwise program. It will probably be listed
as an application.

Write back how this works. Also, PLEASE WRITE OUT THE
GAME you are talking about.

IF all else fails, search for the games name, and delete
the entire folder. I know that will work, but it's not
the best choice.

Trying2 :]

>-----Original Message-----
>I have 3 hard drives installed onto my comp
>i have installed a game onto the c: hard dive then went
to
>install an expansion pack but get an error message that
>says unable to locate original game please reinstall it
>
>can any one help and does any one know how to uninstall
>games completely from the hard drive
>.
>