installed a program that initially worked ok, but has recently started misbehaving. on trying to uninstall it with the wine uninstaller, it just won't go. in fact the uninstall wizard just seems to install the program again, even if i delete it from program files. i have tried to delete all it's associated files etc. but then when trying a fresh install the wizard must still see the original installation, as it only offers modify/remove/repair. i notice in the wiki that the wine uninstaller "does not work with programs installed with a .msi file". and there is a .msi file associated with this program. so the questions. 1. how can i completely uninstall this program, and all it's associated entries? 2. is it ok to delete the temp folder just as in windows? 3. what stops the program from being totally uninstalled? thanks!
K4Z00 wrote:> so the questions. > 1. how can i completely uninstall this program, and all it's associated entries?http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-9893ae50079ca7a959258f0bc9a17aaf2e69b391 K4Z00 wrote:> 2. is it ok to delete the temp folder just as in windows?No it's not ok. You can delete the content inside. And most programs should handle that. K4Z00 wrote:> 3. what stops the program from being totally uninstalled?Not implemented parts of Wine or bugs. It's a low priority - non one wants/needs to properly implement it / fix it.
thanks vitamin for the ever prompt reply! is it woth deleting the entries in the user.reg file too? there are 2 specific entries for the program
ok have deleted contents of temp folder, and deleted all entries manually, and via the wiki using the 4 terminal commands config/menus etc. however when i run the installer, it is still detecting a previous install, and offering modify/remove/repair. none of which do anything useful! any other suggestions or ideas most welcome, other than that, will delete those registry entries tomorrow. being as there was/is only this one program installed, google result suggests rm -rf .wine/ will this delete the whole wine folder and write a new one when i install a new windows program? or is this idea pants?