Uninstalling The Sims

[Guest]

Hi. I recently installed all of my Sims 1 on my Vista pc. Because I installed
them in the wrong order The Sims updated itself when I tried to play and
removed all the expansion packs. I then tried to install it again but it
keeps telling me that House Party is already installed but it gives me the
option to install it when i insret the disk. I have removed the sims from the
uninstall/remove programs from Control Panel, and have manually removed the
file from C:/Program Files.

I have been on The Sims website and done everything possible as to what they
have asked, and they said The Sims House Party is stuck on my reigistry and
this is something I need to ask Microsoft for help with please can you help
me? Thanks

 

[Universe_JDJ]

Hi. I recently installed all of my Sims 1 on my Vista pc. Because I installed
them in the wrong order The Sims updated itself when I tried to play and
removed all the expansion packs. I then tried to install it again but it
keeps telling me that House Party is already installed but it gives me the
option to install it when i insret the disk. I have removed the sims from the
uninstall/remove programs from Control Panel, and have manually removed the
file from C:/Program Files.

I have been on The Sims website and done everything possible as to what they
have asked, and they said The Sims House Party is stuck on my reigistry and
this is something I need to ask Microsoft for help with please can you help
me? Thanks

If you feel adept to the task, you could remove the offending the
entries from the registry yourself. Click on:

Start --> Run... ---> Type in Regedit --> Click OK.

The keys would probably be in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software.

Look for the Sims or Maxis. Deleting the entries out should enable you
to reinstall it again, but be careful in the registry and make a backup
of anything you delete using File --> Export in the Registry editor. You
could mess up your computer.

 

[Guest]

If you feel adept to the task, you could remove the offending the
entries from the registry yourself. Click on:

Start --> Run... ---> Type in Regedit --> Click OK.

The keys would probably be in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software.

Look for the Sims or Maxis. Deleting the entries out should enable you
to reinstall it again, but be careful in the registry and make a backup
of anything you delete using File --> Export in the Registry editor. You
could mess up your computer.

Thanks so much Universe JDJ it has worked and is installing successfully thanks ever so much Marc

 

[Universe_JDJ]

No problem.

 

[Andy [YaYa]]

you could try using
http://www.worldstart.com/weekly-download/programs/regcleaner.exe which
is a great little program which will allow you to delete dead entries in
the registry.

I have no idea if it works with vistas though - if it does, post a
reply.

I use ccleaner, works good, but I would caution you to NOT use either of
these applications. Your registry, unless there's a problem documented with
a simple fix is not something you should be messing around with.

In other words, be careful.