Deleting A Program In Windows 7..

[janzman]

..I am tryng to remove a program but with little success..here goes...
I'm running Windows 7 and I'm in Control Panel > Programs > Uninstall. When I right click the offending program I get 'uninstall/change'. No problems so far...but..when I click 'uninstall' I get a small central screen that has 'tarma installer' in upper left corner and in the middle there is a small red circle with a white cross in it and the words 'Setup Initializing Error' and a box with 'ok'. When 'ok' is clicked the screen is emoved only to return as soon as I try the process again and I therefore cannot remove this program...any sugestions as to resolving this problem would be greatfully received.

[Kevink]

Whe a program is installed, it's usual for the installer to put some kind of log file on the machine so that it knows what was installed (and consequently, what needs to be uninstalled). If that file gets corrupted or deleted, the uninstller is likely to encounter a problem. If you still have the disk or download from which you installed the program, the easiest solution is probably to re-install it, and then uninstall it.

[Kevink]

.. failing that you could try using the free version of Revo Uninstaller.
Revo will attempt to run the program's own uninstaller, and when that fails will search the registry and file system for entries and files pertaining to the program, and allow you to delete them all.

http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html

[janzman]

I'm trying to do what youve suggested without much success

[chrisgel]

It's possible the program is in use and won't uninstall because of that. Try restarting in Safe Mode and try the normal uninstall again.

[Grandpappy]

Have you tried clicking on the computer symbol and opening the folder that contains all the Programs- then find the prog and just right click & delete? Then re-boot and install CCleaner!
Cheers

[RATTER15]

Grandpappy, Im not sure its a good idea to just delete a programme, it needs un-installing in the proper manner I think!

[SlackAlice]

Granpappy
Deleting the program folders and files will not remove the Windows registry entries. The orphaned registry entries may cause problems later.
An uninstaller should look for and remove them.