carnt install a game!

andythelandy · 01-23-2009, 07:42 PM

i didnt really know where to put this so sorry if its in the wrong place. the problem is i tried to unistall a game using it own unistaller and it failed so i deleted it manually from the hardrive. but now i want to reinstall the game i carnt, the installer just comes up with repair or delete both of which dont work. i have done a search for any file to do with this game and deleted them and i have deleted the game from the registery using "regedit". the problem is the game is still in add and remove programs i carnt get rid off it from there either it just fails. i have also tried using "ccleaner" but it made no difference.
i really dont know what to do now can anyone help?

thanks in advance

**johnb35** · 01-23-2009, 10:43 PM

Use microsoft cleanup utility here. Hopefully it will work for you.

andythelandy · 01-23-2009, 11:25 PM

hey that worked thanks alot

01-23-2009, 07:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
andythelandy Silver Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 161	carnt install a game! i didnt really know where to put this so sorry if its in the wrong place. the problem is i tried to unistall a game using it own unistaller and it failed so i deleted it manually from the hardrive. but now i want to reinstall the game i carnt, the installer just comes up with repair or delete both of which dont work. i have done a search for any file to do with this game and deleted them and i have deleted the game from the registery using "regedit". the problem is the game is still in add and remove programs i carnt get rid off it from there either it just fails. i have also tried using "ccleaner" but it made no difference. i really dont know what to do now can anyone help? thanks in advance __________________ CASE:coolermaster elite 330 PSU:coolermaster 460w MOTHERBOARD:msi p43 neo CPU:intel core 2 duo e7300 GPU: sapphire ati 4850 RAM: Corsair 2gb DDR2 800MHz

01-23-2009, 10:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,644	Use microsoft cleanup utility here. Hopefully it will work for you. __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

01-23-2009, 11:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
andythelandy Silver Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 161	hey that worked thanks alot __________________ CASE:coolermaster elite 330 PSU:coolermaster 460w MOTHERBOARD:msi p43 neo CPU:intel core 2 duo e7300 GPU: sapphire ati 4850 RAM: Corsair 2gb DDR2 800MHz

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