Help, I can't uninstall Stardock Central
Sunday, May 8, 2005 by Rift11 | Discussion: Stardock Support General
It keeps freezing up when it goes to uninstall. it freezes right away and the program it shows in the 'Executing external program' sdmcp.exe what can I do about this? please help please!!
Rift11
Reply #2 Sunday, May 8, 2005 3:23 PM
Reply #2 Sunday, May 8, 2005 3:23 PM
Yea I've tried that and it still kept freezing, this is the first program thats done this. I wouldn't need to uninstall it but heh, I installed it on a friend's to test 
EDIT: Ok I just tried it again and for some reason when I went into safe mode they gave me 3 different users with the 'Computer Admin' status so I chose one of the "new" ones instead of my own and it uninstalled..slowly but it did
Thanks Zero for the tip
EDIT: Ok I just tried it again and for some reason when I went into safe mode they gave me 3 different users with the 'Computer Admin' status so I chose one of the "new" ones instead of my own and it uninstalled..slowly but it did
Thanks Zero for the tip
Corky_O
Reply #3 Sunday, May 8, 2005 3:55 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, May 8, 2005 3:55 PM
Rift11,
Have you tried running SDC, go to "Tools > Settings > deselect both "Enable MCP" options, click OK > unload all Stardock Programs > uninstall SDC.
If that fails, I would recommend going here Link and downloading the most recent SDC > return Windows to the default theme including all icons > install fresh SDC > reboot > then try uninstalling SDC.
Good luck.
Have you tried running SDC, go to "Tools > Settings > deselect both "Enable MCP" options, click OK > unload all Stardock Programs > uninstall SDC.
If that fails, I would recommend going here Link and downloading the most recent SDC > return Windows to the default theme including all icons > install fresh SDC > reboot > then try uninstalling SDC.
Good luck.
Rift11
Reply #4 Sunday, May 8, 2005 4:00 PM
Reply #4 Sunday, May 8, 2005 4:00 PM
No worries Corky I got it uninstalled via safe mode with another admin that I've never seenbefore, odd huh? Anyways everything seems to be uninstalled that was related to SDC but my desktop is gonna need some fixing before it looks "normal" again lol.
Again, Thanks!
Anyways everything seems to be uninstalled that was related to SDC but my desktop is gonna need some fixing before it looks "normal" again lol.Again, Thanks!
WOWfactor.555.
Reply #5 Sunday, May 8, 2005 4:08 PM
Reply #5 Sunday, May 8, 2005 4:08 PM
I've Had The Same Problem Once or Twice Before. All I Did Was Cancel The Uninstall
Proccess, Go To Task Manager and Force SDMCP.exe To Quit. The Uninstall Works As
It Should After That ...
Proccess, Go To Task Manager and Force SDMCP.exe To Quit. The Uninstall Works As
It Should After That ...
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Reply #1 Sunday, May 8, 2005 3:18 PM
I was going to suggest the "Zapper" at first but apparently it will not remove SDC...
Anyway... It is something you can try..I have never had to remove SDC but I have had other problematic programs that did not seem to want to be erased and thats how I managed to get rid of them..
Hope it works for you,
Zero.