adaware uninstall problem
csimon
Acadiana Icrontian
ok ...first of all I've tried the adaware uninstall and the add/remove method and each time I get the same "cannot open install.log" error ...any ideas?
csimon
csimon
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If that doesn't work, post back mate.
check out the second post for the link
From the readme file:
"Lavasoft Ad-aware v6.0 Uninstall Fix 1.0 By Shaun Janzen of Definition Software
NOTE: This fix is not by Lavasoft and has nothing to do with them. Do not ask
Lavasoft for technical assistance regarding this fix. If you have any
questions please E-mail me at: definitionsoftware@shaw.ca
This program fixes the problem in Ad-aware v6.0 that doesn't allow you to
uninstall the software if it has been installed in the default folder.
Simply run "AA6UnFix.exe" and click Next. Now you should be ablt to uninstall
Ad-aware v6.0 as usual. (From Add Or Remove Programs and from the Start Menu
using the "Uninstall Ad-aware 6" shortcut.)
This fix requires the Visual Basic 6 Runtime Library files. If you receive an
error when using this fix, please download the appropriate drivers. Here is a
direct link to the English version. Other languages can be found on microsoft.com.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe
What exactly does this fix do?
When you click Next to start the fix, first the Uninstall section of the Windows
Registry is checked to determine if there is a listing for any edition of
Lavasoft Ad-aware. If a listing is found, the path to Ad-aware is extracted
from the Uninstall String.
Next, a copy of the INSTALL.LOG is made and put into the detected Windows
folder on your system (named AA6INSTALL.LOG).
Now the Uninstall String in the registry is altered and pointed to the new
location of the AA6INSTALL.LOG file. It is changed to this because the syntax
required by Add Or Remove Programs is not possible with the default Ad-aware
setup. (Due to there being a " " (space) in the Ad-aware program path and no
equivalent DOS 8.3 filename.)
At this point your harddrive is searched for the "Uninstall Ad-aware 6" shortcut.
If found, this shortcut is removed and a new one is put in it's place that points
to the new AA6INSTALL.LOG file. (This step may take a few minutes on some systems;
on my system the entire search of 20GB takes about 1 second.)
Upon completion, and if everything worked as intended, you should now be able to
use the Uninstall shortcut and Add Or Remove Programs to properly uninstall
Ad-aware."
The reason I installled adaware in the first place should be obvious ...the reason I wanted to uninstall is because the IT guy here told me that spybot found spyware by adaware that adaware wasn't reporting. Dunno if that matters or not but frankly this whole thing is just going too far.
Thanks Spinner!!!
csimon
It doen't matter which I run first, the other finds more.
I still have one damn add popup that I am trying to kill.
Well either way, it's nice too know there is a couple of ways to remove it. I can't stand programs which don't uninstall properly.