I am using Windows Vista with SP1 and I am the sole owner and Administrator of my computer. Recently I did a System Recovery which put my computer back to out-of-the-box condition. When I tried to install Spybot S&D it gave me an error message: "Create Process Failed, code 740. The requested operation requires elevation." A little later when trying to immunize I got the message: "Immunization requires to be run by an Administrator".
I wanted to un-install completely so I could re-install it later when I knew how to get around the Vista Safety issue (which I think I know now). Because of the error message at installation, rather than doing an un-install I did a system restore to the day before I installed Spybot, followed by running the Spybot "small fix" to remove Spybot registry items.
My question is: When I un-installed Spybot, as expected the "C:\ProgramData\Spybot - Search & Destroy\" folder remained but this forlder was not empty and it had many subfolders among them: Dummies, Help, Includes, Languages, Skins and Updates. All these subfolders also have files inside of them. Is it safe to delete all these subfolders with their files?
Many thanks in advance.
I wanted to un-install completely so I could re-install it later when I knew how to get around the Vista Safety issue (which I think I know now). Because of the error message at installation, rather than doing an un-install I did a system restore to the day before I installed Spybot, followed by running the Spybot "small fix" to remove Spybot registry items.
My question is: When I un-installed Spybot, as expected the "C:\ProgramData\Spybot - Search & Destroy\" folder remained but this forlder was not empty and it had many subfolders among them: Dummies, Help, Includes, Languages, Skins and Updates. All these subfolders also have files inside of them. Is it safe to delete all these subfolders with their files?
Many thanks in advance.
PS: when using the second link, use internet explorer to go to the website and download the small fix when the page tells you so.