Uninstall itunes

[Guest]

I'm not sure this topic is a good fit for this forum, but
it seems to be the closest.

I downloaded and installed itunes just to have a
looksee. What mistake! Even though I unchecked all of
the file associations, I found that the program still
insinuated itself as the proprietary program for 9
different file extensions. Nor do they have, as far as I
can tell, a dialogue to change the associations. I
consider companies that do this with their software to be
just plain rude, and I will not use their product, so I
decided to uninstall it. Since they didn't have the
simple courtesy to provide that utility, I went to the
Add/Remove Programs and tried to remove the program
there. No luck - the InstallShield Wizard initializes,
but then disappears without ever getting to a dialog.
This has NEVER happened with any other uninstall.

I then went to itunes knowledge base, and tried their
alternative method using Computer Manager. It had no
effect. I then tried to find an email tech support, and
finally came upon a FAQ that states they are "unable to
provide tech support." Grrrr!!!

Then I tried the itunes forum, and got what only could be
considered totally goofy responses.

Does anyone how I can get rid of this %*!@#! thing?

OS: XP Home

 

[Guest]

Try a system restore to a date before the itunes
install. Alternatively, try a search on Google
for "uninstall itunes". As for the file associations,
try right clicking each file type (find an example file
in your system of each different extension type) and
choose the option "choose program". When you open the
file this way, you will have the option to always open
files of this type with the program of your choice.

Good Luck!

Message To All Software Writers:
HIJACKING SUCKS AND WILL LIKELY BACKFIRE ON YOU!

 

[Guest]

Google turned up a forum message that provided the
answer. You have to run the installation program and
choose the "Remove" option. I should have thought of
that.

Thanks