Re: Uninstall problem - Webroot


You might be trying to be a PITA to the OP with such useless posts as
these, but there is actually some truth to that vent. With MS and many
others, the assumption is that one would only want to upgrade, never
remove, so they don't bother to remove certain things, in particular
data files the program created and other files the program itself may
have created. MS in particular went to the extreme with these
assimptions and Norton Tools even worse for some unknown and I suspect
different reason.
Rather than asking the user if they might need to keep their data for
a reinstall or update, they just blindly (but intentionally) assume it
and so make the installs not only incomplete, but a wart on the ass of
progress.

Twayne`




"Leonard Grey" <l.grey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uBsPdw9PKHA.5108@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sorry, I didn't realize the software industry worked that way.
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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

madmilt wrote:
Leonard, the people who wrote the software clearly don't WANT me to
uninstall their software - for short-sighted economic reasons - that
is why I am asking someone else.
"Leonard Grey" wrote:

If the people who wrote the software can't help you, why are you
asking us? ---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

madmilt wrote:
I don't need Webroot anymore, now that I have Norton for both
antivirus and spyware; besides, my Webroot contract has expired.

But webroot gets in the way, particularly on startup, and when I
attempt to uninstall it by any means, a warning box comes up
stating that C\Program Files\Webroot\Webroot Security\unins001.msg
is missint, and I can't find that file by searching my entire hard
drive nor by searching backup files. Webroot website previously has
been singularly uncooperative. What
do I do now?



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