Having troubles installing/removing No one Lives Forever

Posted: 02-21-2004, 01:26 PM
I was trying to run No One Lives Forever, I have played this game in the past with no problems. When I tried to start it up I recieved an error message, so we tried to unintall it using the Control panel.

When the uninstall program runs we get this: Unable to located install log file "c:\program
The next window states: Uninstall will not continue and then tells you to remove it manually. I searched for the files for No One Lives Forever and thought I delated everything

When I go to reinstall it says there's an older version of NOLF on the computer and it will not install it

So my problem is how do I get it all out to do a clean install of this program

Any ideas, tips, or tricks would be greatly appreciated

Thank
Grim
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Re: Having troubles installing/removing No one Lives Forever
Posted: 02-21-2004, 02:11 PM
Hi Grim,

Here's how to properly install or reinstall a game (and patch). In your situation
you should skip down directly to STEP C to clear out old registry entries. :-)

Step A: Temporarily disable Startup programs one at a time, starting with
Firewall, Antivirus & AdBlockers using this method:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=331796 or this utility:
http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php Reboot, go to Step B.

Step B: In Control Panel / Add-Remove Programs, delete the game and then
the game's folder especially if you previously experienced problems
with a patch, or if you installed the Trial, Mods, NO CD patches, etc.

Note: Click Start to Search or Find your game. Many times there are two installs
of the same game on a system and the patch installs to the wrong one. Also if you
installed a Trial version of the game, this could be causing a conflict.. Uninstall it
and delete the folder.

Step C: Install and Run Regcleaner and if it finds any stray registry keys for the
game, delete them. Reboot your computer, and then re-install the game.
Regcleaner Download: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html

Step D: Play a single player game, using an administrators account if necessary.

Step E: Download new game patches or mods in case the old ones are corrupt.
Double click the patch/mod to install it. If it's a .zip file, unzip it into the
game's folder and follow the instruction in it's readme.txt file.

Step F: Reboot your computer, verify that your game is working properly, and
re-enable any programs that you disabled using the method in Step A.

Cheers,
Jimmy S.

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Game FAQ's: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
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"Grim Reaper" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0669DA83-4E96-409F-AF5B-CE32C71C0E6F@microsoft.com...
| I was trying to run No One Lives Forever, I have played this game in the past with no problems. When I tried to start it up I
recieved an error message, so we tried to unintall it using the Control panel.
|
| When the uninstall program runs we get this: Unable to located install log file "c:\program"
| The next window states: Uninstall will not continue and then tells you to remove it manually. I searched for the files for No
One Lives Forever and thought I delated everything.
|
| When I go to reinstall it says there's an older version of NOLF on the computer and it will not install it.
|
| So my problem is how do I get it all out to do a clean install of this program?
|
| Any ideas, tips, or tricks would be greatly appreciated.
|
| Thanks
| Grim


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