installing problem

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Hi Ally,

"Ally" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:85c201c495dc$ad07cd90$a301280a@phx.gbl...
| I have 3 hard drives installed onto my comp
| i have installed a game onto the c: hard dive then went to
| install an expansion pack but get an error message that
| says unable to locate original game please reinstall it
|
| can any one help and does any one know how to uninstall
| games completely from the hard drive

Here's how to uninstall a game:

Step A: In Control Panel / Add-Remove Programs, delete the game and then
the game's folder especially if you previously experienced problems
with a patch, or if you installed the Trial, Mods, NO CD patches, etc.

Note: Click Start to Search or Find your game. Many times there are two installs
of the same game on a system and the patch installs to the wrong one. Also if you
installed a Trial version of the game, this could be causing a conflict.. Uninstall it
and delete the folder.

Step B: Reinstall the game to the same folder and try uninstalling it

Step C: Install and Run Regcleaner and if it finds any stray registry keys for the
game, delete them. Reboot your computer, and then re-install the game.
Regcleaner Download: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html


Cheers,
Jimmy S.

Microsoft MVP Windows XP Shell/User: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
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