Uninstalling Object Desktop
Wednesday, October 29, 2003 by ILIKEICECREAM4 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I need some help. I recently installed the Object Desktop trial version. I applied my first skin and thought it was great! But just now I'm finding out that it is messing up some things and I would like to uninstall it. Unfortunately, when I uninstall the program in the control panel, it says "Could not open INSTALL.LOG file". I tried downloading it again and then uninstalling, but it still is not working. I really want the regular icons to return to their original and such.
Please help me to uninstall it. Thanks.
Please help me to uninstall it. Thanks.
Dianekk
Reply #2 Wednesday, October 29, 2003 7:18 PM
Reply #2 Wednesday, October 29, 2003 7:18 PM
I think he wants to undo the whole sheebang. He says it is messing up his computer. If you are having that much of a problem and cannot delete the program, do a system restore to the date before you installed it. I just don't know why you would not be able to uninstall it unless something didn't go in right which may be why you want to delete it to begin with. It is a wonderful program but maybe not for everyone. It takes a bit of time to get used to everything. Maybe you tried too much at once. The other thing you might try, if you aren't a computer whiz, is go into the Object Desktok folder, select all and delete them that way. Sorry you didn't like it but maybe it isn't for you. It is a very nice program once you get used to it. 
doghouse
Reply #3 Thursday, October 30, 2003 3:27 PM
Reply #3 Thursday, October 30, 2003 3:27 PM
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To make your uninstall work, locate two files in your Object Desktop folder - Unwise.exe & INSTALL.LOG. Copy these two files to the root directory of your C:\ drive. Run Unwise.exe from there. It should work... /doghouse/
To make your uninstall work, locate two files in your Object Desktop folder - Unwise.exe & INSTALL.LOG. Copy these two files to the root directory of your C:\ drive. Run Unwise.exe from there. It should work... /doghouse/
TexInNYC
Reply #4 Thursday, February 12, 2004 12:33 PM
Reply #4 Thursday, February 12, 2004 12:33 PM
The same thing happened to me. I finally found the the "Install.log" (not the usual uninstall.log) in the "All Users" folder. The uninstall program did not know to look there. I did a Find. After finding several files called "Install.log" on my hard drive I opened each until I found the one that said Object Desktop in it.
I then copied it to the Program Folder for Object Desktop and Uninstall worked.
HOWEVER...uninstall leaves all sorts of folders, files, links and yes even mucho keys in the registry!
I then copied it to the Program Folder for Object Desktop and Uninstall worked.
HOWEVER...uninstall leaves all sorts of folders, files, links and yes even mucho keys in the registry!
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Reply #1 Wednesday, October 29, 2003 7:01 PM