Spybot fails to load

[revmrf]

Hello all:

It seems that I resolved my problem on my own. Here's what I did:

1) I uninstalled Spybot. I deleted all Spybot entries in my Program Files and worked though my registry, cleaning all registry items left over referring to Spybot.

2) I reinstalled Spybot 1.4.

It loaded and is up to date. I've run my scans. All systems go.

All is well again. I suspect something was broken in my registry interferring with loading the program. Specific item? I don't know.

The Spybot ticket is closed. Thanks for assisting with suggestions.

[captain_gut]

To anyone willing to try the latter suggestion:
Instead of working through your registry manually you can also use the very small fix mentioned in the following FAQ:
How to uninstall

Just right-click the link, choose "Save as" to save it on your disk, execute it by double-clicking and click "Yes" to confirm. This little fix removes all registry remains of Spybot-S&D after uninstall.

[revmrf]

Hi Captain Gut:

Would that I'd have known about the info in the FAQ, it would've saved me a lot of work. Thanks. Hope it will be useful to others in the future.