Why can’t I uninstall certain softwares ?
I’ve seen in many forums that users ask for a solution on how to uninstall certain softwares. Many of my friends too call me and ask what should I do if I cannot uninstall a software ? First, we must know why it cannot be uninstalled using the bundled Uninstaller or from Control Panel using Add/Remove Programs. The reason might be that, the software files might have been corrupt OR the PC could be infected with virus OR the software installed is a rogue software OR even the OS files could have been corrupt OR the registry keys belonging to the software might be corrupt.
What should I do ?
The first thing, you must do is try uninstalling the software using the ‘usual way’. By usual way, I mean using the Add/Remove Programs option or using the Uninstaller that came with the software. One thing that you require is patience. It might take long time or your system might be non-responding for a few seconds. The uninstaller might ask you to restart your PC too. Do it as it says.
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A virus or trojan usually disables or blocks access to regedit, taskmgr and cmd. Whenever you access these disabled components, you’ll get a dialog box with messages like these :
“Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator” or
“Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator” or
“The command prompt has been disabled by your administrator”
Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator
Here’s an an example. Consider that you need to automate uploading any file(s) to your site, say prashanthpai.com. You’ll require this if you need to update the same file(s) very frequently.
- Open notepad and type the following and save it as “upload.ftp“. You can save it with any name and any extension. Don’t save it as txt file. It works perfectly but others can open and see the ftp username and password easily.
open prashanthpai.com
username
password
cd public_html/downloads
put C:MySitego.exe
bye
- First line will make connection to ftp server at prashanthpai.com
- Don’t forget to replace prashanthpai.com with your site name or IP address.
- Enter you ftp username and password in second and third line respectively.
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What are file templates ?
When you right-click on the desktop and select the ‘New‘, you’ll notice a series of file types (templates) to create a new file.
Create File Templates in XP using TweakUI
Here’s something that lets you have your own file template to make things easier. Read more…
