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Can't uninstall Synctoy powertoy

 
 
Rheo
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      11th May 2007
Please help. I cannot uninstall Synctoy. Each time I try to un-
install, I am asked the location of a setup.exe file which seems to be
in temp
directory..which has long been deleted.

Any ideas?


Thanks in advance!

 
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db
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      11th May 2007
maybe using this in the run command

MsiExec.exe /I{B5688129-7595-4E5B-9990-CEF981A31264}


"Rheo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Please help. I cannot uninstall Synctoy. Each time I try to un-
install, I am asked the location of a setup.exe file which seems to be
in temp
directory..which has long been deleted.

Any ideas?


Thanks in advance!

 
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Newbie Coder
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      11th May 2007
DB,

I cannot see that will work if its looking for the MSI, but I could be wrong

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"db" <databaseben.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
maybe using this in the run command

MsiExec.exe /I{B5688129-7595-4E5B-9990-CEF981A31264}


"Rheo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Please help. I cannot uninstall Synctoy. Each time I try to un-
install, I am asked the location of a setup.exe file which seems to be
in temp
directory..which has long been deleted.

Any ideas?


Thanks in advance!

 
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Bill James
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      11th May 2007
Just download and do a new install. Chances are that will give you a prompt to uninstall, if not then let it install first, then go back to Add /Remove and uninstall it.

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"Rheo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Please help. I cannot uninstall Synctoy. Each time I try to un-
> install, I am asked the location of a setup.exe file which seems to be
> in temp
> directory..which has long been deleted.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
>

 
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db
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      12th May 2007
he tried it out, but
got a response that synctoy
needs to be installed first.

unfortunately, he can neither
re install it or uninstall it and
supposedly he tried using a
reg cleaner to remove all the
keys for synctoy as well. it seems
that he needs to find some deleted
files before the process on uninstallation
can proceed.

so i suggested to use an undelete
program and search for the deleted
files still on the disk.


"Newbie Coder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
DB,

I cannot see that will work if its looking for the MSI, but I could be wrong

--
Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)

"db" <databaseben.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
maybe using this in the run command

MsiExec.exe /I{B5688129-7595-4E5B-9990-CEF981A31264}


"Rheo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Please help. I cannot uninstall Synctoy. Each time I try to un-
install, I am asked the location of a setup.exe file which seems to be
in temp
directory..which has long been deleted.

Any ideas?


Thanks in advance!

 
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Rheo
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      22nd May 2007
DB,

Thanks for the suggestions. I have tried several undelete utils but
with no success.

I re-created the requested temp folder and copied (and renamed, it's
looking for setup[1].msi) the setup filed into it - still no luck for
install or uninstall it can tell it's a newer version.

Only thing I can think of now is to get ahold of previous (1.2?)
version of setup.msi and try to repeat.

Thoughts?

no idea why this is so hard.... such a small program.....

Thanks in advance guys,

Rich


 
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Bill James
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      24th May 2007
Synctoy 1.2 installer appears to be available for download here, http://www.bizproducts.com/FreeTools.htm. I don't know anything about that web site so use at your own risk, and for certain do a virus scan on the file first if you decide to try it.

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"Rheo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> DB,
>
> Thanks for the suggestions. I have tried several undelete utils but
> with no success.
>
> I re-created the requested temp folder and copied (and renamed, it's
> looking for setup[1].msi) the setup filed into it - still no luck for
> install or uninstall it can tell it's a newer version.
>
> Only thing I can think of now is to get ahold of previous (1.2?)
> version of setup.msi and try to repeat.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> no idea why this is so hard.... such a small program.....
>
> Thanks in advance guys,
>
> Rich
>
>

 
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Rheo
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      26th May 2007
Bill: pardon the expression, but you kick ass - it worked like a
charm!

Reinstall v1.2, uninstall v1.2, install new version.

Many thanks to you and everybody for their help.

Cheers!

Rich


On May 24, 12:29 pm, "Bill James" <wgja...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Synctoy 1.2 installer appears to be available for download here,http://www.bizproducts.com/FreeTools.htm. I don't know anything about that web site so use at your own risk, and for certain do a virus scan on the file first if you decide to try it.
>
> --
>
> Bill James
>
>
>
> "Rheo" <rhayward.pub...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > DB,

>
> > Thanks for the suggestions. I have tried several undelete utils but
> > with no success.

>
> > I re-created the requested temp folder and copied (and renamed, it's
> > looking for setup[1].msi) the setup filed into it - still no luck for
> > install or uninstall it can tell it's a newer version.

>
> > Only thing I can think of now is to get ahold of previous (1.2?)
> > version of setup.msi and try to repeat.

>
> > Thoughts?

>
> > no idea why this is so hard.... such a small program.....

>
> > Thanks in advance guys,

>
> > Rich- Hide quoted text -

>
> - Show quoted text -



 
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Bill James
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      26th May 2007
Glad you finally got it worked out, I think it was a pretty frustrating experience.

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"Rheo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Bill: pardon the expression, but you kick ass - it worked like a
> charm!
>
> Reinstall v1.2, uninstall v1.2, install new version.
>
> Many thanks to you and everybody for their help.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Rich
>
>
> On May 24, 12:29 pm, "Bill James" <wgja...@mvps.org> wrote:
>> Synctoy 1.2 installer appears to be available for download here,http://www.bizproducts.com/FreeTools.htm. I don't know anything about that web site so use at your own risk, and for certain do a virus scan on the file first if you decide to try it.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bill James
>>
>>
>>
>> "Rheo" <rhayward.pub...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > DB,

>>
>> > Thanks for the suggestions. I have tried several undelete utils but
>> > with no success.

>>
>> > I re-created the requested temp folder and copied (and renamed, it's
>> > looking for setup[1].msi) the setup filed into it - still no luck for
>> > install or uninstall it can tell it's a newer version.

>>
>> > Only thing I can think of now is to get ahold of previous (1.2?)
>> > version of setup.msi and try to repeat.

>>
>> > Thoughts?

>>
>> > no idea why this is so hard.... such a small program.....

>>
>> > Thanks in advance guys,

>>
>> > Rich- Hide quoted text -

>>
>> - Show quoted text -

>
>

 
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