Need Help with Toatal Uninstall

[BobLondonKy]

Hello,

I have downlaoded Total Uninstall 2 as advised by Lugnut. I have unziped
the file, and clicked the executable. I got this error message.

Setup.exe - Application Error

The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005). Click on OK
to terminate the application.

I have downloaded it from 3 different places, and it won't work for me.
Would anyone have any ideas as to why it won't work. Or another freeware
install monitoring prgram that will allow you to uninstall? I am new to
XP.

Thanks for the help

Bob,
London, Kentucky

 

[jmatt]

BobLondonKy wrote:
The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005)

0xc0000005
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=0xc0000005&btnG=Search&meta=

 

[John Corliss]

Hello,

I have downlaoded Total Uninstall 2 as advised by Lugnut. I have unziped
the file, and clicked the executable. I got this error message.

Setup.exe - Application Error

The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005). Click on OK
to terminate the application.

I have downloaded it from 3 different places, and it won't work for me.
Would anyone have any ideas as to why it won't work. Or another freeware
install monitoring prgram that will allow you to uninstall? I am new to
XP.

Thanks for the help

Bob,
Are you sure it's version 2? I use version 2.35 (the last freeware
version, I believe) and it both installed and runs fine on my XP system.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2006/PL2006SYSTEMUTILITIES.php#Install-UninstallTool

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[BobLondonKy]

Bob,

Are you sure it's version 2? I use version 2.35 (the last freeware
version, I believe) and it both installed and runs fine on my XP
system.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2006/PL2006SYSTEMUTILITIES.php#Install
-UninstallTool

It is Version 2.35. I went to the priceless ware page that you listed, and
downloaded it again. Same error message popped up. I went to the authors
webpage, and downloaded the newer try before you buy version. It installed
without a hitch. I'm going to uninstall it, and roll my system back to
before I installed it.

I am new to this Windows XP, and don't like it. I am more familar with
Windows 98SE.

Bob,
London, Kentucky

 

[John Corliss]

It is Version 2.35. I went to the priceless ware page that you listed, and
downloaded it again. Same error message popped up. I went to the authors
webpage, and downloaded the newer try before you buy version. It installed
without a hitch. I'm going to uninstall it, and roll my system back to
before I installed it.

I am new to this Windows XP, and don't like it. I am more familar with
Windows 98SE.

I can certainly sympathize with you on that. I recently "upgraded" from
Millennium Edition to XP Home with SP2. Some days it's all I can do to
refrain from FDisking the hard drive.

As for your problem, do you have a virtual ram drive installed? Or are
you running any memory optimization software? If so, you might try
disabling that temporarily and then trying the install again.

Also, have you brought your copy of XP up to date with all the patches?
One of them might fix this problem. You never know. At any rate, I got
all of these suggestions by Googling the first line of your error
message ("The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005)").

Good luck!

--
Regards from John Corliss
I don't reply to trolls like Andy Mabbett or Doc (who uses sock puppets)
for instance. No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware,
demoware, nagware, PROmotionware, shareware, spyware, time-limited
software, trialware, viruses or warez for me, please.

 

[BobLondonKy]

I can certainly sympathize with you on that. I recently "upgraded"

from Millennium Edition to XP Home with SP2. Some days it's all I can
do to refrain from FDisking the hard drive.

As for your problem, do you have a virtual ram drive installed? Or are
you running any memory optimization software? If so, you might try
disabling that temporarily and then trying the install again.

Also, have you brought your copy of XP up to date with all the
patches? One of them might fix this problem. You never know. At any
rate, I got all of these suggestions by Googling the first line of
your error message ("The application failed to initialize properly
(0xc0000005)").

Good luck!

John,

The problem has been resolved. I right clicked and looked in the
properties, and found something called compatability. Checked the box
for the Windows 98. Then the setup.exe worked fine. I have the Total
Unistall on my system now.

Thanks for your suggestions.

I am wondering if it is possible to run Windows 98SE also on this
computer?

Bob,
London, Kentucky

 

[mike555]

=== I guess you know you can set XP to have the "classic" look , that's
one of the first things I did =====

 

[John Corliss]

I can certainly sympathize with you on that. I recently "upgraded"

John,
The problem has been resolved. I right clicked and looked in the
properties, and found something called compatability. Checked the box
for the Windows 98. Then the setup.exe worked fine. I have the Total
Unistall on my system now.

Ack! That was the one suggestion I decided not to include in my reply,
since you're not using Windows 2000. And that was the only context I saw
in the Google results where compatibility was an issue.

Regardless, I'm glad you got it working.

Thanks for your suggestions.

I am wondering if it is possible to run Windows 98SE also on this
computer?

I guess you can, but you would need to run it in a FAT32 partition.

BTW.... Total Uninstall has a quirky interface, but once you get used to
it, it works. Be sure and note that you can configure it to overlook
various folders and files that other programs change.

--
Regards from John Corliss
I don't reply to trolls like Andy Mabbett or Doc (who uses sock puppets)
for instance. No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware,
demoware, nagware, PROmotionware, shareware, spyware, time-limited
software, trialware, viruses or warez for me, please.

 

[BobLondonKy]

BTW.... Total Uninstall has a quirky interface, but once you get used to

it, it works. Be sure and note that you can configure it to overlook
various folders and files that other programs change.

John,

Can you clue me in as to what files to configure Total Uninstall to
overlook? I know that there are some .dll files. Maybe like mfc42.dll?
I guess as for folders that should be my photo folder, and maybe my mp3
folder. What do you think. I was unable to find a help file with this.

Thanks,

Bob,
London, Kentucky

 

[John Corliss]

John,
Can you clue me in as to what files to configure Total Uninstall to
overlook? I know that there are some .dll files. Maybe like mfc42.dll?
I guess as for folders that should be my photo folder, and maybe my mp3
folder. What do you think. I was unable to find a help file with this.

Geez Bob, such settings differ way too much from system to system. To do
it though, click on the "Options" button, then the "Scanner" tab. For
instance, I told it to ignore the Kerio log. However, you really *do*
want to know about all .dll file changes. At least I do.

Just think about files that change in the normal course of operational
events and which don't need to be restored to their previous condition.

Don't try to use System Restore and then run Total Uninstall to remove a
program. If you do, TU will lock up for obvious reasons.

Also remember that when you uninstall a program using TU, be sure to
press the "Expand all" button on the page that lists the changes
installing a program made. When you do this, you can go down the list
and "uncheck" items that you know don't need to be reverted back, or
which may cause problems if TU tries to do so. This is a lot easier than
it sounds, believe me.

HTH.

--
Regards from John Corliss
I don't reply to trolls like Andy Mabbett or Doc (who uses sock puppets)
for instance. No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware,
demoware, nagware, PROmotionware, shareware, spyware, time-limited
software, trialware, viruses or warez for me, please.

 

[BobLondonKy]

Geez Bob, such settings differ way too much from system to system. To
do it though, click on the "Options" button, then the "Scanner" tab.
For instance, I told it to ignore the Kerio log. However, you really
*do* want to know about all .dll file changes. At least I do.

Just think about files that change in the normal course of operational
events and which don't need to be restored to their previous
condition.

Don't try to use System Restore and then run Total Uninstall to remove
a program. If you do, TU will lock up for obvious reasons.

Also remember that when you uninstall a program using TU, be sure to
press the "Expand all" button on the page that lists the changes
installing a program made. When you do this, you can go down the list
and "uncheck" items that you know don't need to be reverted back, or
which may cause problems if TU tries to do so. This is a lot easier
than it sounds, believe me.

HTH.

Okay then. I was afraid that it might try to remove a .dll like
MFC42.DLL if there were some changes made to it. Hopefully then it would
just remove the changes.

Thanks for your help.

Bob,
London, Kentucky

 

[Al Klein]

Okay then. I was afraid that it might try to remove a .dll like
MFC42.DLL if there were some changes made to it. Hopefully then it would
just remove the changes.

I don't think anyone would be crazy enough to try to patch a Microsoft
..dll, considering that they've been known to change the files without
changing the version information. ("Patching" the wrong file would
convert the computer into a brick.)

An install may install its version of a .dll without checking to see
which one is newer but if it deletes the existing one, or overwrites
it, and you have the Recycle Bin turned off, there's nothing TU can do
to reinstall the newer version. If the .dll is marked as being
shared, I would hope that TU would at least check to see how many
programs claimed to need it before deleting it. (There's a kind of
"log-in" mechanism to do that - Windows isn't completely brain-dead.)

 

[BobLondonKy]

I don't think anyone would be crazy enough to try to patch a Microsoft
.dll, considering that they've been known to change the files without
changing the version information. ("Patching" the wrong file would
convert the computer into a brick.)

An install may install its version of a .dll without checking to see
which one is newer but if it deletes the existing one, or overwrites
it, and you have the Recycle Bin turned off, there's nothing TU can do
to reinstall the newer version. If the .dll is marked as being
shared, I would hope that TU would at least check to see how many
programs claimed to need it before deleting it. (There's a kind of
"log-in" mechanism to do that - Windows isn't completely brain-dead.)

Thanks for your reply.

Bob,
London, Kentucky