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Removing Old Games And Screensavers

#1 User is offline   jean_c 

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Posted 02 August 2007 - 02:06 PM

i have some games and screen savers i downloaded awile ago that i would like to remove,but when i go to add/remove it tells me it can not open install log..how else can i find them and remove them..the games are the free trial version from yahoo like cake mania and such.

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Posted 02 August 2007 - 02:10 PM

You probably need to reinstall them, then uninstall from their uninstallers. This usually happens (the message you get) because a file was deleted, like the installer package.

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Posted 02 August 2007 - 02:13 PM

how would i re install them. sorry not trying to sound dumb..do you mean go to the site and download them again..

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Posted 02 August 2007 - 03:25 PM

Yes, then reinstall them after downloading. After you reinstall them...you should be able to remove them from Add/Remove.

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Posted 02 August 2007 - 03:55 PM

ah okay thank you..

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