Registry cleaners of sorts...

[Lucid]

Alright, I'm trying to do a completely clean install of Call of Duty 4 because when I try to reinstall it, the autorun thingy doesn't give me an install option just the two Play options and the useless Uninstall option.

I've tried removing all traces of COD4 in the default windows registry cleaner program and it managed to work to the point of actually installing, but now I can't install ANY of the patches because it still thinks I have them installed when there are absolutely(according to the windows regedit) no traces of them at all on the ****ing hard drive! :flame:

So I ask you, Halflife2.net, are there any more efficient registry cleaners(preferably free or trials atleast) out there? I tried using CrapCleaner and it didn't do a damn thing.

 

[CyberPitz]

I guess I'm old fashion , but I wouldn't trust my registry to a cleaner of any sorts like that. I'd be too worried of it killing something.

A lot of times, they have the files in there named a little off. What have you tried searching for/looking at when removing all traces?

 

[Lucid]

1.6, Call of Duty, COD4, patch, update, and Call of Duty 1.6.

Stuff like that.

 

[CyberPitz]

Have you tried to just manually run "Setup.exe" from the CD?

 

[Lucid]

It's installing fine now, it's just that I can't install any patches now since it believes the patches are already installed when they very clearly are not.

 

[CyberPitz]

ooohhhhhhh.

Hm. When you install, can you not just then add/remove?

 

[Lucid]

Nope, it gives me the uninstall previous version option but it doesn't actually do anything.

 

[CyberPitz]

........I'm out of ideas, then. lol. POS game.

 

[Escaep]

Try Revo Uninstaller. It will run the uninstaller then scan for all registry keys related to that program. Works good for me.

 

[Lucid]

........I'm out of ideas, then. lol. POS game.

Nah, in all likelihood it's my computer, no games that I ever uninstall really uninstall properly anymore for some reason.

Thinking of wiping the hard drive in the near future.

And I'll give that a try, Escape, thanks.

edit : God ****ing damn it.
Still thinks the patch is installed even after that program removed every trace of the game from the registry.

What the ****. :angry:

Looks like I'm going to have to wipe the damn hard drive if I want to play it that badly and I don't.

 

[AtomicSpark]

I guess I'm old fashion , but I wouldn't trust my registry to a cleaner of any sorts like that. I'd be too worried of it killing something.

This. CCleaner always seemed to make shortcut icons and random things disappear after "cleaning" my registry.

 

[Lucid]

Afaik, it only removes icons that aren't connected to anything anymore.

 

[Sedako]

CCleaner's never caused any harm to my system.

 

[VirusType2]

Try Revo Uninstaller. It will run the uninstaller then scan for all registry keys related to that program. Works good for me.

Yeah, I use this sometimes. It takes a little longer, but it finds hundreds, even thousands of registry entries that Add/Remove programs just leaves. (XP) Even though it always seems to know what is OK to delete, it's a good idea to look over what it's found before you hit the delete button.

CCleaner's never caused any harm to my system.

I use this too sometimes. Great for programs that you really want to **** off forever, like malware.

At first I deleted something I needed by mistake, but since then, I haven't had a problem in years. I'm still using the same version.


A good idea would be to occasionally backup your registry and set a restore point in Windows.