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Thread ID: 33049 2003-05-05 11:55:00 Removing a trial program Heather P (163) Press F1
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141617 2003-05-05 11:55:00 Hi,

Any clues how to completely remove a trial version of a program? I used it briefly a while back and it expired. Now need it for a small project so I uninstalled and reinstalled. It's still expired. The screen shows 3 links - Try (greyed out), Buy (dead link) and Exit.
Heather P (163)
141618 2003-05-05 12:01:00 it depends on what leftovers it left behind. find every file it installed and delete them, delete all the reg entries for the program (regcleaner/jv16 power tools is handy for this). however some programs hook into a sister program that you may have so to reuse the trail program you will need to remove the trail program and its sister program :( tweak'e (174)
141619 2003-05-05 12:03:00 Try adaware and spybot, give windowswasher a go just for good measure then use something like regclean to get rid of all instances of the program on your pc. Might even need to download a fresh copy.

www.superwin.com

HTH Cheers Murray P
Murray P (44)
141620 2003-05-05 12:50:00 Or you could reformat. This will ensure there is nothing left behind:p raddersnz (684)
141621 2003-05-05 20:47:00 Hi Heather,
Not sure if this is any help to you but I once wanted to reinstall a trial after removing the first one & I was able to download it & then was told that I had already used it & it showed up as being expired.
It made me wonder if it had put tags or something on me & knew that I had had it before.
Pauline.
Pauline (641)
141622 2003-05-05 21:39:00 Noooo...... not a reformat! (Been there, done that too many times to count).

Regcleaner sounds like the answer so will try tonight.

Caught in a great situation - need an older version of a horrendously expensive program (for compatibility with Tech) for a few weeks only. Choices: install a copy briefly here or do a 40km round trip a few times to the place of Higher Learning to get up to speed with it.
Heather P (163)
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