Critical uninstalling question...

[zedbags]

Hi,
I have inquired about this problem a few times now,
and all suggestions have been tried and failed. Any new
advice would be a huge help.
Whenever I try to uninstall something, wether it be
through add/remove programs, or using the programs own
uninstaller found in the program folder, I get an error
message stating "Could not find install.log" Pretty much
every program is affected by this. here is what I have
tried...
1)Anti-Virus...all scans return normall, no virus. All
virus software fully up to date.
2)Re-install...I have tried to re-install a bunch of
programs but still cant uninstall them.

I Really do not want to reboot from scratch at this
time, I am sure there is something simple! Is there a
folder that these install.logs are stored in, could this
folder be missing? wouldnt windows re-create it anyway the
next time something is installed? Thanks again for any
help....ZED

 

[PA Bear]

Are the logs hidden files or marked Read Only, by chance?

To view hidden files in Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and
Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options | View.
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~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

Protect Your PC
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[Guest]

this option is checked, still not able to uninstall.

 

[PA Bear]

Are these applications you've installed or not?

Check your system for "hijackware".

Dealing with Hijackware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

HijackThis (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip) is the
preferred tool to use these days. It will help to both identify and remove
any hijackware/spyware. **Post your files to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/, not here.**

Also update your virus definitions and then run a full system scan. From
now on, do both daily.
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HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/default.asp