Sunday, April 25, 2010

Uninstallation problem with older InstallShield installers.

I've had some programs lying around on my computer for quite some time now, uninstaller has failed each time with not so much as a dialog box telling me it failed.
So, yesterday I decided to see if a 3rd party uninstaller could do the trick, my first and successfull attempt was with Revo Uninstaller.
Although it wasn't the success that interested me, but the registry keys that it found.
Apperantly, the objects available in Program and Features, or for the XP / 2003 / 2000 user; Add or remove programs are stored in hive HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\, there you'll find everysingle one of 'em.

By looking at the value of DisplayName key by key you will find the one you're looking for. Now beneth DisplayName you'll find UninstallString as well, like shown below.
The last part ("C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\...") is where you want to go, in that folder there will be a setup.exe file, run that and uninstall. Success!

Friday, April 9, 2010

You better think twice.

If you're going to do something wierd like incest, it should atleast be enjoyable.
Otherwise it's pointless!
And pointless incest makes baby Chtulhu cry.