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How do I remove a program with a corrupt uninstall, from the registry..?

December 8th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Alright here is the problem. I had been using G Data Antivirenkit 2006 for a while now but then I saw that Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 came out, so I decided to check it out. I uninstalled the G Data Antivirenkit and started to install Kaspersky. But in the beginning of the process it kept saying me that there is still G Data in the registry somewhere. Ive looked and looked, deleted anything I found using regedit but still Im getting the error.

I dont have a fresh copy of the setup file (for G Data) either.
So Im guessing the only solution for me is to either find a way to fool Kaspersky install, make it not look for the already installed products,
or completely remove this G Data Antivirenkit from the registry.
Where would that information be in the registry?
Where does Kaspersky look and say that I have already a firewall install.

Trying to install in Safe Mode doesnt work.

Please help.
Thanks.
still nothing…

Unfortunately the windows installer cleanup didnt find the program Im trying to remove.

I currently have no antivirus/firewall on my system.

The registry cleaners dont find anything.

Isnt there a manual way to remove it from the registry. I tried searching regedit for "G Data" and "Antivirenkit", found several entries and deleted them all but still the same thing.

Its so annoying.

Any other ideas?

Usually there are 2 ways to solve that…
First one is reinstall the corrupted program and uninstall it

and the second is find programs that are called registry cleaners, that delete unused registry keys of uninstalled programs

There are many free out there, so just google "registry cleaner"
and it will remove unused uninstalled keys…

I use TuneUp Utilities 2007 and has registry cleaner but it is not a freeware… It should have a trial version though

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  1. Pyria
    December 9th, 2012 at 04:43 | #1
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    Try contacting the company’s tech support
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  2. Danlow
    December 9th, 2012 at 04:59 | #2
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    First of all, if Kapersky wont install because it says "Where does Kaspersky look and say that I have already a firewall install."

    Then turn off your Windows Firewall… It probably detects that and wont install because you have windows firewall on…

    Turn the windows firewall off in control panel…

    Secondly, if you are having trouble uninstalling the program, use the windows un-installer, which checks the uninstall registry for programs that might still have some files leftover…

    Here is the link to the page.
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

    Here is the direct link for the download.
    http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/9/d/e9d80355-7ab4-45b8-80e8-983a48d5e1bd/msicuu2.exe

    Use the tool like you would ADD/REMOVE programs, it usually finds items that dont appear there.
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    PS: when its done installing, youll find it on your start menu.

  3. Clawgr
    December 9th, 2012 at 05:21 | #3
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    Usually there are 2 ways to solve that…
    First one is reinstall the corrupted program and uninstall it

    and the second is find programs that are called registry cleaners, that delete unused registry keys of uninstalled programs

    There are many free out there, so just google "registry cleaner"
    and it will remove unused uninstalled keys…

    I use TuneUp Utilities 2007 and has registry cleaner but it is not a freeware… It should have a trial version though
    References :

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