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Name: Skuliaxe
Date: December 5, 2003 at 19:28:55 Pacific
OS: WinXPpro
CPU/Ram: 2.8 / 1 ddr
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First I changed my F: to D:
Then I couldnīt use add remove to uninstall Daemon tools so I did it manually...deleted the folder, un-checked everything in "msconfig" startup. And deletet 2 files in windows/system32/drivers...(pnpshark and st3shark)

The thing is that when Iīm going to install a new version of Daemon Tools the the setup goes straight to 1)Repair or 2)Uninstall

Eighther way I go this message comes up:
īdaemon_toolsīis not a valid short file name.

And then it exites.

Any ideas?



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Name: skuliaxe
Date: December 5, 2003 at 20:11:10 Pacific
Reply:

Ran through regedit and deleted eveything with "daemon" (that had to do with it).

That didnīt help :/


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Response Number 2
Name: CyberSlug
Date: December 5, 2003 at 20:35:09 Pacific
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0) I'm assuming you don't have any virtual CD-ROM drives enabled.
1) Run regedit and browse to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
Browse thru the keys that resemble {2DF9A978-DEA1-4433-805D-66790FC28C62}.
One of them is for Daemon Tools--you can tell by the values. Make note of the name, then delete the entire key.
2) Run explorer and browse to a folder with the same name as the registry key. Delete it as well.

I think that's everything. (This procedcure is necessary for manually removing all traces of an MSI installer.)


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Response Number 3
Name: CyberSlug
Date: December 5, 2003 at 20:37:57 Pacific
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Forget to say:
For step #2, look under C:\WINDOWS\Installer\


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Response Number 4
Name: skuliaxe
Date: December 5, 2003 at 21:21:40 Pacific
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hmm... I followed your post CyberSlug and I didnīt find anything. There were some registery folders were there wasnīt a name, just 2 lines with indo on where the setup.exe was. No program name. I exported those and then deleted them.
Restarted and nothing.

The setup just now says, the older version couldnīt be removed.

hmm...
Anything else that you can think of?


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Response Number 5
Name: skuliaxe
Date: December 5, 2003 at 21:23:56 Pacific
Reply:

sorry...in the 3rd line...
"just 2 lines with INFO on where..."


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Response Number 6
Name: CyberSlug
Date: December 5, 2003 at 22:16:01 Pacific
Reply:

Hmm...I don't know.
I'd say try the Daemon-Tools support page, but their entire website seems down :-(


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Response Number 7
Name: skuliaxe
Date: December 6, 2003 at 06:57:51 Pacific
Reply:

I did it!
Thanks CyberSlug, you but me on the right track.

It was in Regedit under
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/installer/products

IN there was a entry that didnīt have a Name...so I exported it (backup) and then deleted it.
And tat was it.

Thanks.


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