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Problem in uninstalling Search & Destroy

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homeport

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I had Searh & Destroy installed Ver.1.4. I wanted to uninstall the program but was not allowed to do so thru Add/Remove or through the Program Files/Search & Destroy uninstall. I then deleted all files that I could from Windows Explorer and also from the Registry. However, the C:\Program Files\S & D could not be deleted because it would not allow me to delete the Tea Timer.exe or the advcheck.dll.

How can I delete these so I can reinstall a clean program?
Thanks
 
Stopping TeaTimer from running:
  • Look for the TeaTimer System Tray Icon. If the icon is there:
    • Right click Spybot's TeaTimer System Tray Icon.
    • Left click Exit Spybot-S&D Resident.
    • TeaTimer should close.
Delete the following folder:
  • C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy
 
The Tea Timer did not have an icon in the Tray. However, I went back to the Program Files/Search & Destroy and after opening I was able to delete these 2 files.

The problem was created because I could not uninstall the program either from Add/Remove or from the Uninstall file in the S & D directory. Do you have any idea as to why this occured?

Thanks
 
homeport said:
The Tea Timer did not have an icon in the Tray. However, I went back to the Program Files/Search & Destroy and after opening I was able to delete these 2 files.

The problem was created because I could not uninstall the program either from Add/Remove or from the Uninstall file in the S & D directory. Do you have any idea as to why this occured?

Thanks
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It could be several things, homeport. disk corruption (like crashes, lockups, BSODs, etc.) can mysteriously trash certain files including the spybot uninstall file.

To completely un-install Spybot without using Add/Remove programs, follow what "md usa spybot fan" says first, then delete the following folder:
(if using Spybot under Windows 9x/ME delete this folder)
"C:\WINDOWS\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy"
(if using Spybot under Windows NT4/2000 delete this folder)
"C:\WINNT\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy"
(if using Spybot under Windows XP delete this folder)
"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy"

Then run Registry Editor (regedit.exe), find and delete the following Registry Keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PepiMK Software
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PepiMK Software

then search the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" registry key for any references to "TeaTimer.exe" and delete them. then find other registry entries that reference the non-existent Spybot software and delete them and restart the computer.

I did those things one time a few years ago when removing an older version of Spybot because the uninstall info was no longer there and I had to delete the files and registry entries manually.
 
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