Can't Uninstall Microsoft Links 2003

My husband installed Microsoft Links 2003 along with the patches. Now I am
unable to uninstall the program for him. Using the Uninstall feature in the
program does nothing. Using the delete programs in the control panel also
does not work. When I click to remove or uninstall, nothing happens. My
husband also cannot find his original discs so I don't have the option of
reinstalling to try to uninstall. If the uninstall is corrupt, is there any
way to get a fresh copy of uninstall.exe? How can I uninstall this program
when nothing works?
--
Mikeyswife

Hi Bucky,

Here's how to uninstall a game when using Add-Remove programs fails:

Step A: Start your computer in Safe Mode by holding down the F8 key.

Step B: Reinstall the game to the same folder it was installed to originally,
and then try to uninstall it again using Add-Remove programs. If
you can't, delete it's folder and any save games in My Documents.

Step C: Install and Run Regcleaner and if it finds any stray registry keys for the
game, delete them: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

Bucky Wrote:
=================
| My husband installed Microsoft Links 2003 along with the patches. Now I am
| unable to uninstall the program for him. Using the Uninstall feature in the
| program does nothing. Using the delete programs in the control panel also
| does not work. When I click to remove or uninstall, nothing happens. My
| husband also cannot find his original discs so I don't have the option of
| reinstalling to try to uninstall. If the uninstall is corrupt, is there any
| way to get a fresh copy of uninstall.exe? How can I uninstall this program
| when nothing works?

Do you have any third-party add-ons installed, like special courses? If so,
try uninstalling those first. They may have modified the information the
uninstall routine is looking for when you enact it. If your husband has
lost the original CDs, how is he playing the game? A CD is needed to launch
it.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Bucky" <Bucky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4EC2810A-4E54-479C-A7CB-9BE435AAAB35@microsoft.com...
> My husband installed Microsoft Links 2003 along with the patches. Now I am
> unable to uninstall the program for him. Using the Uninstall feature in
> the
> program does nothing. Using the delete programs in the control panel also
> does not work. When I click to remove or uninstall, nothing happens. My
> husband also cannot find his original discs so I don't have the option of
> reinstalling to try to uninstall. If the uninstall is corrupt, is there
> any
> way to get a fresh copy of uninstall.exe? How can I uninstall this
> program
> when nothing works?
> --
> Mikeyswife

Jimmy S., thank you for the information. However, since I don't have the
discs anymore I can't reinstall the program. You don't need the discs to
play the game as the full game was installed to the hard drive. I do think
he had special courses installed, but I have looked for an uninstall for them
both within the games folder and using the add/remove in the control panel.
I can't find any other install.
Any other suggestions to help me?
--
Mikeyswife


"Jimmy S." wrote:

> Hi Bucky,
>
> Here's how to uninstall a game when using Add-Remove programs fails:
>
> Step A: Start your computer in Safe Mode by holding down the F8 key.
>
> Step B: Reinstall the game to the same folder it was installed to originally,
> and then try to uninstall it again using Add-Remove programs. If
> you can't, delete it's folder and any save games in My Documents.
>
> Step C: Install and Run Regcleaner and if it finds any stray registry keys for the
> game, delete them: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html
>
> --
> Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
> MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> _________________________________________________________
>
> Bucky Wrote:
> =================
> | My husband installed Microsoft Links 2003 along with the patches. Now I am
> | unable to uninstall the program for him. Using the Uninstall feature in the
> | program does nothing. Using the delete programs in the control panel also
> | does not work. When I click to remove or uninstall, nothing happens. My
> | husband also cannot find his original discs so I don't have the option of
> | reinstalling to try to uninstall. If the uninstall is corrupt, is there any
> | way to get a fresh copy of uninstall.exe? How can I uninstall this program
> | when nothing works?
>
>
>

Hi Bucky,

Delete The game's folder and any save games in My Documents.. and then

Install and Run Regcleaner and if it finds any stray registry keys for the
game, delete them: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html


--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

Bucky Wrote:
=================
| Jimmy S., thank you for the information. However, since I don't have the
| discs anymore I can't reinstall the program. You don't need the discs to
| play the game as the full game was installed to the hard drive. I do think
| he had special courses installed, but I have looked for an uninstall for them
| both within the games folder and using the add/remove in the control panel.
| I can't find any other install.
| Any other suggestions to help me?
|
|| Hi Bucky,
||
|| Here's how to uninstall a game when using Add-Remove programs fails:
||
|| Step A: Start your computer in Safe Mode by holding down the F8 key.
||
|| Step B: Reinstall the game to the same folder it was installed to originally,
|| and then try to uninstall it again using Add-Remove programs. If
|| you can't, delete it's folder and any save games in My Documents.
||
|| Step C: Install and Run Regcleaner and if it finds any stray registry keys for the
|| game, delete them: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
|| Bucky Wrote:
|| =================
||| My husband installed Microsoft Links 2003 along with the patches. Now I am
||| unable to uninstall the program for him. Using the Uninstall feature in the
||| program does nothing. Using the delete programs in the control panel also
||| does not work. When I click to remove or uninstall, nothing happens. My
||| husband also cannot find his original discs so I don't have the option of
||| reinstalling to try to uninstall. If the uninstall is corrupt, is there any
||| way to get a fresh copy of uninstall.exe? How can I uninstall this program
||| when nothing works?

Thanks Jimmy S. I was finally able to track down his disc and used it get
the uninstall done. However, there are some courses and stragglers left. I
will use your suggestion and see if that helps to get rid of the rest. Thank
you for your help.
--
Mikeyswife


"Jimmy S." wrote:

> Hi Bucky,
>
> Delete The game's folder and any save games in My Documents.. and then
>
> Install and Run Regcleaner and if it finds any stray registry keys for the
> game, delete them: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html
>
>
> --
> Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
> MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> _________________________________________________________
>
> Bucky Wrote:
> =================
> | Jimmy S., thank you for the information. However, since I don't have the
> | discs anymore I can't reinstall the program. You don't need the discs to
> | play the game as the full game was installed to the hard drive. I do think
> | he had special courses installed, but I have looked for an uninstall for them
> | both within the games folder and using the add/remove in the control panel.
> | I can't find any other install.
> | Any other suggestions to help me?
> |
> || Hi Bucky,
> ||
> || Here's how to uninstall a game when using Add-Remove programs fails:
> ||
> || Step A: Start your computer in Safe Mode by holding down the F8 key.
> ||
> || Step B: Reinstall the game to the same folder it was installed to originally,
> || and then try to uninstall it again using Add-Remove programs. If
> || you can't, delete it's folder and any save games in My Documents.
> ||
> || Step C: Install and Run Regcleaner and if it finds any stray registry keys for the
> || game, delete them: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html
> ||
> || --
> || Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
> || Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> ||
> || Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
> || MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> || My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> || _________________________________________________________
> ||
> || Bucky Wrote:
> || =================
> ||| My husband installed Microsoft Links 2003 along with the patches. Now I am
> ||| unable to uninstall the program for him. Using the Uninstall feature in the
> ||| program does nothing. Using the delete programs in the control panel also
> ||| does not work. When I click to remove or uninstall, nothing happens. My
> ||| husband also cannot find his original discs so I don't have the option of
> ||| reinstalling to try to uninstall. If the uninstall is corrupt, is there any
> ||| way to get a fresh copy of uninstall.exe? How can I uninstall this program
> ||| when nothing works?
>
>
>

Hi Bucky,

You're most welcome..
I'm glad Chris and I were able to help you get this sorted. :-)

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

Bucky Wrote:
=================
| Thanks Jimmy S. I was finally able to track down his disc and used it get
| the uninstall done. However, there are some courses and stragglers left. I
| will use your suggestion and see if that helps to get rid of the rest. Thank
| you for your help.
|
|| Hi Bucky,
||
|| Delete The game's folder and any save games in My Documents.. and then
||
|| Install and Run Regcleaner and if it finds any stray registry keys for the
|| game, delete them: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html
||
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
|| Bucky Wrote:
|| =================
||| Jimmy S., thank you for the information. However, since I don't have the
||| discs anymore I can't reinstall the program. You don't need the discs to
||| play the game as the full game was installed to the hard drive. I do think
||| he had special courses installed, but I have looked for an uninstall for them
||| both within the games folder and using the add/remove in the control panel.
||| I can't find any other install.
||| Any other suggestions to help me?
|||
|||| Hi Bucky,
||||
|||| Here's how to uninstall a game when using Add-Remove programs fails:
||||
|||| Step A: Start your computer in Safe Mode by holding down the F8 key.
||||
|||| Step B: Reinstall the game to the same folder it was installed to originally,
|||| and then try to uninstall it again using Add-Remove programs. If
|||| you can't, delete it's folder and any save games in My Documents.
||||
|||| Step C: Install and Run Regcleaner and if it finds any stray registry keys for the
|||| game, delete them: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html
||||
|||| --
|||| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|||| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||||
|||| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|||| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|||| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|||| _________________________________________________________
||||
|||| Bucky Wrote:
|||| =================
||||| My husband installed Microsoft Links 2003 along with the patches. Now I am
||||| unable to uninstall the program for him. Using the Uninstall feature in the
||||| program does nothing. Using the delete programs in the control panel also
||||| does not work. When I click to remove or uninstall, nothing happens. My
||||| husband also cannot find his original discs so I don't have the option of
||||| reinstalling to try to uninstall. If the uninstall is corrupt, is there any
||||| way to get a fresh copy of uninstall.exe? How can I uninstall this program
||||| when nothing works?

No it will play without the CD after you play one time and use CD #1. It
makes it nice as you don't scratch the CD that way. I have had the game from
the first week it came out. I play my father in law three or 4 times a week.
He is in Kentucky and I'm in Texas.

Randy

"Chris H." <winxpnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uM0rS2pIGHA.3364@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Do you have any third-party add-ons installed, like special courses? If
> so, try uninstalling those first. They may have modified the information
> the uninstall routine is looking for when you enact it. If your husband
> has lost the original CDs, how is he playing the game? A CD is needed to
> launch it.
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
> "Bucky" <Bucky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4EC2810A-4E54-479C-A7CB-9BE435AAAB35@microsoft.com...
>> My husband installed Microsoft Links 2003 along with the patches. Now I
>> am
>> unable to uninstall the program for him. Using the Uninstall feature in
>> the
>> program does nothing. Using the delete programs in the control panel
>> also
>> does not work. When I click to remove or uninstall, nothing happens. My
>> husband also cannot find his original discs so I don't have the option of
>> reinstalling to try to uninstall. If the uninstall is corrupt, is there
>> any
>> way to get a fresh copy of uninstall.exe? How can I uninstall this
>> program
>> when nothing works?
>> --
>> Mikeyswife
>
>

That's news to me. The security protection has always required CD 1.
Perhaps you've installed a no-CD patch?
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Randy" <cakeman47@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:TGWCf.363$Zl7.250@fe02.lga...
> No it will play without the CD after you play one time and use CD #1. It
> makes it nice as you don't scratch the CD that way. I have had the game
> from the first week it came out. I play my father in law three or 4 times
> a week. He is in Kentucky and I'm in Texas.
>
> Randy
>
> "Chris H." <winxpnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uM0rS2pIGHA.3364@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Do you have any third-party add-ons installed, like special courses? If
>> so, try uninstalling those first. They may have modified the information
>> the uninstall routine is looking for when you enact it. If your husband
>> has lost the original CDs, how is he playing the game? A CD is needed to
>> launch it.
>> --
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>
>> "Bucky" <Bucky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4EC2810A-4E54-479C-A7CB-9BE435AAAB35@microsoft.com...
>>> My husband installed Microsoft Links 2003 along with the patches. Now I
>>> am
>>> unable to uninstall the program for him. Using the Uninstall feature in
>>> the
>>> program does nothing. Using the delete programs in the control panel
>>> also
>>> does not work. When I click to remove or uninstall, nothing happens.
>>> My
>>> husband also cannot find his original discs so I don't have the option
>>> of
>>> reinstalling to try to uninstall. If the uninstall is corrupt, is there
>>> any
>>> way to get a fresh copy of uninstall.exe? How can I uninstall this
>>> program
>>> when nothing works?
>>> --
>>> Mikeyswife
>>
>>
>
>

Hi Chris H.,

You're correct. :-)
I just tested Links 2003 again, and it requires CD verification to launch.

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

Chris H. Wrote:
=================
| That's news to me. The security protection has always required CD 1.
| Perhaps you've installed a no-CD patch?
|
| "Randy" <cakeman47@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| news:TGWCf.363$Zl7.250@fe02.lga...
|| No it will play without the CD after you play one time and use CD #1. It
|| makes it nice as you don't scratch the CD that way. I have had the game
|| from the first week it came out. I play my father in law three or 4 times
|| a week. He is in Kentucky and I'm in Texas.
||
|| Randy
||
|| "Chris H." <winxpnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
|| news:uM0rS2pIGHA.3364@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
||| Do you have any third-party add-ons installed, like special courses? If
||| so, try uninstalling those first. They may have modified the information
||| the uninstall routine is looking for when you enact it. If your husband
||| has lost the original CDs, how is he playing the game? A CD is needed to
||| launch it.
||| --
||| Chris H.
||| Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
||| Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
||| Associate Expert
||| Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
|||
|||
||| "Bucky" <Bucky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
||| news:4EC2810A-4E54-479C-A7CB-9BE435AAAB35@microsoft.com...
|||| My husband installed Microsoft Links 2003 along with the patches. Now I
|||| am
|||| unable to uninstall the program for him. Using the Uninstall feature in
|||| the
|||| program does nothing. Using the delete programs in the control panel
|||| also
|||| does not work. When I click to remove or uninstall, nothing happens.
|||| My
|||| husband also cannot find his original discs so I don't have the option
|||| of
|||| reinstalling to try to uninstall. If the uninstall is corrupt, is there
|||| any
|||| way to get a fresh copy of uninstall.exe? How can I uninstall this
|||| program
|||| when nothing works?
|||| --
|||| Mikeyswife