[evolutionxbox]

I wish to uninstall Freespace of an old machine to give to a friend but it won't let me...

I get an error message which reads... "Unable to locate the installation log file 'c:\program'. Uninstallation will not continue."

I have tried reinstalling it but nothing works... any ideas?

[Hades]

Here is a link he can downlaod it from free.http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,38195.0.html

[evolutionxbox]

I wan't to give the PC to a friend not the game... I need it uninstalled.

[Hades]

Ok delete Freespace 2's folder.

[evolutionxbox]

What about the registry files? And the thing in the add/remove programs bit?

[karajorma]

If you want to be rid of the registry entries simply delete the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software -> Volition -> FreeSpace folder from regedit.

That said who is this heathen who gets a free PC but can't have FS2 on it?

[evolutionxbox]

The Managing Director of ReadySteady Go Playgroup. (For use in their business).

[Snail]

Burn it.

[Topgun]

what's with you and burning?

[evolutionxbox]

I found a freeware program that uninstalls normal and broken programs as well as deleting uneeded registry files.

It is called Revo Uninstaller and it works really well.

[TooOldToRnR]

I came across this forum because I had the same problem and could not find an answer on t'internet. So...

The "Add/Remove Programs" thing in Windows looks in the registry to find an uninstall command to run. The one for Freespace 2 is under a registry key called the following:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\FreeSpace2

The value  held here is this:

E:\Documents and Settings\simon>E:\WINDOWS\ISUNINST.EXE  -fe:\program files\Freespace2\Uninst.isu -ce:\program files\Freespace2\fs2uninst.dll

So it looks like the install is "buggy" because the uninstall string doesn't work. You can change this with regedit to the following, or just run it from a command prompt:

E:\Documents and Settings\simon>E:\WINDOWS\ISUNINST.EXE  -fe:\progra~1\Freespace2\Uninst.isu -ce:\progra~1\Freespace2\fs2uninst.dll

Worked for me!

[Nuclear1]

Oh ho ho, c'est vrai?

[KyadCK]

TooOldToRnR...

The instructions to install FS say to put it under C:\Games for a good reason, namely: that space in "program files" hurts.

by program~1 solving your issue you obviously know this, but since it is specifically said NOT to install to Program Files, i cant imagine much help being given here.

why as your first post on HLP (a freespace moding comunity) telling us you are uninstalling freespace anyway?
or better yet, why are you uninstalling FreeSpace at all? 

[headdie]

TooOldToRnR...

The instructions to install FS say to put it under C:\Games for a good reason, namely: that space in "program files" hurts.

by program~1 solving your issue you obviously know this, but since it is specifically said NOT to install to Program Files, i cant imagine much help being given here.

why as your first post on HLP (a freespace moding comunity) telling us you are uninstalling freespace anyway?
or better yet, why are you uninstalling FreeSpace at all? 

The Managing Director of ReadySteady Go Playgroup. (For use in their business).

[Zacam]

Another reason why not to Install to "Program Files" (and it has nothing to do with the "space" in there unless you're running Win98) is the UAC controls and permissions.

Settings, mod folders and the like are all immensely more difficult when in a UAC Protected folder.

And btw, a 4yr old Necro is -bad-.

[jr2]

I came across this forum because I had the same problem and could not find an answer on t'internet. So...

The "Add/Remove Programs" thing in Windows looks in the registry to find an uninstall command to run. The one for Freespace 2 is under a registry key called the following:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\FreeSpace2

The value  held here is this:

E:\Documents and Settings\simon>E:\WINDOWS\ISUNINST.EXE  -fe:\program files\Freespace2\Uninst.isu -ce:\program files\Freespace2\fs2uninst.dll

So it looks like the install is "buggy" because the uninstall string doesn't work. You can change this with regedit to the following, or just run it from a command prompt:

E:\Documents and Settings\simon>E:\WINDOWS\ISUNINST.EXE  -fe:\progra~1\Freespace2\Uninst.isu -ce:\progra~1\Freespace2\fs2uninst.dll

Worked for me!

Or I'm pretty sure you can just change it to:

E:\Documents and Settings\simon>E:\WINDOWS\ISUNINST.EXE  -f"e:\program files\Freespace2\Uninst.isu" -c"e:\program files\Freespace2\fs2uninst.dll"

Whenever there is a space in a path, use quotes around the path.

Also, yes,

[Herra Tohtori]

Ok, for what it's worth, uninstalling FSO (just like any other program) is a simple process:

1. Remove program directory.
2. Remove registry entries.

Option two is completely optional, the registry entries really won't do anything if they sit there but if you want to be thorough, use a manual registry cleaner utility or find the appropriate registry entries yourself through regedit, if you know where they are. But heck, most uninstaller programs don't even clean all the registry entries after them.


Using automagical registry cleaners is a choice that exposes you to a situation where the automagical cleaner software finds registry entries it deems un-necessary, removes them, and programs stop working; I wouldn't ever use them on a machine that I'm working on (referring here to stuff like CCleaner and similar programs).

After the program is removed from its location on hard disk drive and references to it removed from registry, it's no longer on the PC.