cant uninstall or reinstall game..

**TheRealDave** · 10-06-2004, 11:16 AM

when i go to install doom 3, which i've previously had on my system. I get the option to play the game or uninstall the game.

Neither of them work, play doesnt work because i uninstalled it from my system a while ago.. and uninstall doesn't work because i get this..

followed by the installation wizard closing..

I get it with a few other games too and only thing i can think of is when i repartioned the drive they were on (resizing 2 partitions). Now i have the game stuck in add/remove and i cannot install it. How can i get it installed again or atleast have them removed from add/remove?

**TheRealDave** · 10-06-2004, 04:14 PM

help

**Dark Ride** · 10-06-2004, 07:05 PM

Nice windows theme you have there

where can i get it ?

btw, sorry for not beeing able to help you , I don't have the game

**TheRealDave** · 10-06-2004, 07:19 PM

it's not just with that game, it's with a few games i uninstalled a while back..

and as for the theme: http://www.deviantart.com/view/3007040/

enjoy

**Dark Ride** · 10-06-2004, 07:46 PM

My suggestion would be: delete the folder of the game (if still exists) and then try to install it again by opening the CD (not using autoplay) and start "setup.exe" or whatever the filename of the installation files is.

report back if it worked

**TheRealDave** · 10-06-2004, 08:25 PM

no folder and i get the "invalid character" error running the setup file

**Dark Ride** · 10-07-2004, 01:16 AM

Get "TuneUp Utilities 2004" and clean your registry with "TuneUp RegistryCleaner" (included with TU Utilites) and use "TuneUp Uninstall Manager" (included with TU Utilites) to remove the entry from the "Install/Uninstall Software" list.

After you're done, try to install/uninstall the game again.

Hope that will help.

**Emdee** · 10-07-2004, 01:42 AM

Was going to suggest diggin around in the registry, but doing it with a third party utility as posted above sounds like a better option.

If that doesn't do it, be sure to backup your registry before you go manually digging around.