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When i try to delete download files eg games.It says cant find log and i cant delete,Is there some way to delete these please.Als others say windows cant open
have to find where it came from i cant delete these either.Thank you.
 
shadow said in news:[email protected]:
When i try to delete download files eg games.It says cant find log
and i cant delete,Is there some way to delete these please.Als others
say windows cant open have to find where it came from i cant delete
these either.Thank you.
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Did you ever use a disk cleanup tool that deleted .log files? Well,
some of those were install logs (used to determine what got installed so
the uninstall knows what files to eradicate).

You could try reinstalling the games atop of themselves to see if the
new reinstall creates an uninstall log file to use. Otherwise, you are
into manual uninstall mode: delete the directory where the game got
installed, and search the registry for references to that path and game
and delete them (after first exporting them for recovery in case you
delete the wrong keys or values). If you still see an entry for the
game in the Add/Remove Programs applet, you will need to delete it
manually. You can use TweakUI for Windows XP to delete the superfluous
entry from Add/Remove programs or you can delete the subkey for the game
under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
 
Hmm, just took a quick scan through TweakUI and didn't see where it
might repair (i.e., delete) a superfluous Add/Remove Programs entry.
See the following KB article which follows what I mentioned first to
eliminate the superfluous entry (after you've completed all the manual
deletes):

How to Manually Remove Programs from the Add or Remove Programs Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314481
 
Hi:

Take ownership of files to delete them, if necessary change special
permissions.

Delete files in safe mode if necessary.

A descriptions of Safe Mode boot options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315222&Product=winxp

Download spyware removers that are probably in your system.
Download Spybot S&D (Update before first scan)
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download

Download Ad-aware6 (Update before first scan)
http://www.lavasoft.de/

HOW TO: Set, Change, View or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
Folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308419&Product=winxp
(308419) - Describes how to configure special permissions for files and
folders in Windows XP.

HOW TO: Take Ownerhip of Files and Folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&Product=winxp
(308421) - Describes how to take ownership of files or folders that
you may not have permissions for if you are an administrator for that
computer.

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shadow said:
When i try to delete download files eg games.It says cant find log and i
Click to expand...
cant delete,Is there some way to delete these please.Als others say windows
cant open
 
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