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Topic: uninstalling a game demo from a second Hard drive

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28 AUG 2008 at 2:30am

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Status : Offline		I have 2 hard drives in my desktop PC (drive C: my main hard drive, and drive G: my storage hard drive). I found a Overclocked demo on drive G:, but when I go to control panel > add/remove programs, this demo does not show up in my Remove Programs list for drive G:. How do I uninstall this demo from drive G: when there's no "uninstall" option or shortcut, etc. I mean, if I just delete it, it'll still be in my registry and this is why I want to uninstall it. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

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28 AUG 2008 at 1:12pm

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Status : Offline		One option would be to reinstall it in the same folder, overriding the previous installation, and check if it appears in the add/remove program list afterward. There is also the possibility of a "remove" option being available from the installer if it detects a previous installation.

 


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29 AUG 2008 at 4:49pm

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Status : Online		Or just delete the folder and run Ccleaner to clean out the registry.
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29 AUG 2008 at 9:41pm

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Originally Posted By K515 (28 AUG 2008 2:29am)
I have 2 hard drives in my desktop PC (drive C: my main hard drive, and drive G: my storage hard drive). I found a Overclocked demo on drive G:, but when I go to control panel > add/remove programs, this demo does not show up in my Remove Programs list for drive G:. How do I uninstall this demo from drive G: when there's no "uninstall" option or shortcut, etc. I mean, if I just delete it, it'll still be in my registry and this is why I want to uninstall it. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

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If there is no listing for the demo in Control Panel->Add/Remove then you may not have a problem at all and, if it were me, I likely would just delete it directly from the G Drive and leave it at that. Some Demos do not install using a registry entry. In fact, some full adventure games don't (eg. Rhem 1 and Alida). However, even if the Demo originally made a registry entry when it was installed, another way this can occur is if you have since used System Restore to go back to an earlier time: This removes the entry of the program in the registry, but leaves the program folder & contents on your drive. Then as far as Windows is concerned- the program doesn't exist!

The bigger problem occurs when you have a program entry in Add/Remove, but the program no longer exists on the drive. Then you need a special tool (eg. such as existed in the original Powertoys or a program such as JV16 Power Tools.) or the skill/knowledge to directly access the registry & know what to delete to get rid of the entry.

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