Uninstall Problems and which Registry Keys to Delete

Keywords: 	  uninstal.exe

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Question:

I have Winbatch version: 99a Windows version: NT4 SP4, IE5.5

I installed Winbatch but haven't found the time to learn/use it, it does look wonderful though. Anyway, I tried to uninstall by running system\uninstal.exe but, having closed the "pop-up" the uninstall quit with no other messages without removing any Winbatch files/registry entries/menu additions. I had IE4 installed and have since installed IE5 but Winbatch uninstall failed to uninstall before IE5 in the same way it does now. I have re-installed Winbatch in case any part of it had been changed by any other programs I have installed but the uninstall still quits with no reported errors not having uninstalled. I have not used Winbatch to create any routines.

TweakUI Add/Remove|Edit contains the string: "E:\Program Files\WinBatch\System\uninstal.exe" 90 "E:\Program Files\WinBatch\System\WinBatch Setup.Log" Hmmmmmm, I still wish to uninstall. Please help.

The uninstall gets as far as closing the system tray "owl" and then the uninstall closes without doing anything else.

I have a laptop - no specific manufacturer, badged "AJP" (some London "manufacturer") - P2, 233MHz, 128Mb RAM, ten months old from brand new.

Am I correct in thinking that Winbatch comprises only registry entries and files in the Winbatch folders (and mabye a few in the WINNT folder tree)? If so, a list of registry entries and filepaths that I could manually remove would do me nicely!

Answer:

If you run the UNINSTAL.EXE file in the \Winbatch\System subdirectory, Winbatch will uninstall (in almost all cases) all files (including all its DLLs with one exception) that were installed on the system, as well as any registry entries created by Winbatch.

The WinBatch install program will examine your windows/system directory.

If there is NO CTL3D32.DLL file there it will install one.

The uninstall program does not remove the file.

If a copy of the file already exists in your windows/system directory, no new copy is installed.

If UNINSTAL.EXE is not successfully uninstalling Winbatch (unusual), then try the following:

1. First look at the install log for a detailed description of what happened.

2. The Winbatch files are all in one directory on disk (eg, c:\Program Files\Winbatch) with one possible exception that can be ignored. Delete all these Winbatch files.

3. Also remove from start menu - the Winbatch group. And remove PopMenu from the startup group.

4. Regarding removing entries from the registry (these keys are resurrected from memory so watch for errors):
   • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wilson WindowWare
   • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wilson WindowWare
   • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Context Menus\FileMenu.
   • WRITE down long CLSID number from filemenu entry.... then delete key
   • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\**KEY FROM ABOVE***

     Delete entire key. Don't get the wrong one. Does not hurt to leave this one in there.

     (Also found in the WinBatch Setup.log file.)

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Article ID:   W14242

Filename:   Uninstalling Winbatch.txt