can't UNInstall!
 

I decided that I probably won't be using this program, so when I tried to uninstall, it doesn't happen. I go to the control panel and try to uninstall it in add/remove programs, but everytime, I'm unsuccessful. I was able to uninstall limeshop, but not limewire. Please help = I want this off my computer!

Re: can't UNInstall!
 

What's the error message when you try to uninstall it?

There is no error message...it looks like it's going to uninstall it, but it doesn't go away. I was able to uninstall limeshop and the java applet, but not the actual program.

I'm having the same problem. Limewire appears in the ADD/REMOVE, but when I try to remove it, it still appears there.
It is LimeWire 2.2.4 The InstallShield Wizard window pops up and looks like it is going to start the uninstall, but then the window just goes away and that's it.

Nothing else happens.

That's exactly what happens! What is up with THAT?!?!

Uninstalling Limewire-How?
 

I do not see Limewire in Add/Remove programs, nor do I see an uninstall program in the start menu. Is there another name I should be looking for in the Add/Remove section? How does one uninstall Limewire?

Can't uninstall
 

I was working on a machine this morning and from control panel add remove programs I get a grayed out box for change remove and no other way to uninstall. What is the solution ? Customer is not using this software and I want it off the machine. ??????????????????????????????????????

it happened to me too. I had to reinstall Limewire without uninstalling it, and then uninstall it

Re: can't UNInstall!
 

Has anyone heard a response as to remove this??

No I haven't heard anything!
 

and I was the original poster!

This might not be the answer you are looking for, but you might have to go through the hassle and remove it manually.

Or, if available you could use a 3rd party "uninstall" program to get rid of it and then check to see if anything was left behind.

cant uninstall
 

Thank you, I have a program on my computer and will try to uninstall it. If you are familiar with Limewire, and you have it and upgrade it, can I just upgrade it and put it over the existing program? Thank you again.
RB

You can install a newer version of LimeWire without uninstalling previous versions. This allows you to revert to previous versions if you don't like the changes in the new version or if the new version is unstable on your set-up.

But the old version is still there. If you cannot uninstall using the Add/Remove software option from control panel (Microsoft doesn't support this anymore because they could never get it to work reliably) - then you can find the files using windows explorer or similar and delete them from there. The usual install path is:

Program Files/LimeWire

All the versions and your shared files are under here by default so don't just delete the whole thing.

Mark

So *nothing* gets installed to the registry with a Limewire installation? How can I be sure that removing what's in the Program Files directory gets rid of everything?

I just searched through the registry, and it seems that the only thing that gets written to the registry is the uninstall information. This means all you should have to do is delete the program directory and any shortcuts on the start menu or desktop. You will still have Limewire listed in the Add/Remove programs list, but if you try to remove it again it should say something like "This program is no longer installed on the machine. Would you like to remove it from the Add/Remove Programs List?" Then you just click on 'yes' and it should remove it. I haven't tried this, but, like I said, it should work. Worst case scenario, Limewire will be gone, but you'll still have it listed in the Add/Remove programs list.

Also, if it doesn't remove itself from Add/Remove programs, there are programs out there that will remove these entries for you.