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Curmudgeon

2006-01-29, 8:47 pm

Hello, Everyone:

I upgraded to Firefox 1.5.

I cannot remove Firefox 1.0.2 via Control Panel. I get this message:

"Uninstall log folder not found:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Mozilla\Mozi
lla Firefox\1.0.2 (en-us)
uninstall\Uninstall Log.

This appears to be a Windows Registry problem, which I am loath to mess
with.

If someone would point me in the right direction, I'll take it from
there.

Many thanks, and much appreciation to everyone's wisdom in this
newsgroup.

Ed Mullen

2006-01-29, 8:47 pm

Curmudgeon wrote:
> Hello, Everyone:
>
> I upgraded to Firefox 1.5.
>
> I cannot remove Firefox 1.0.2 via Control Panel. I get this message:
>
> "Uninstall log folder not found:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Mozilla\Mozi
lla Firefox\1.0.2 (en-us)
> uninstall\Uninstall Log.
>
> This appears to be a Windows Registry problem, which I am loath to mess
> with.
>
> If someone would point me in the right direction, I'll take it from
> there.
>
> Many thanks, and much appreciation to everyone's wisdom in this
> newsgroup.
>


Re-install 1.0.2, reboot, use Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel to
remove it.

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Ed Mullen
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mike555

2006-01-29, 8:47 pm

=== you should have uninstalled 102 first then installed 1.5 , but it's
not hurting anything , just leave the entree there , next time you
update firefox , uninstall the old version first ===

Leonidas Jones

2006-01-29, 8:47 pm

mike555 wrote:
> === you should have uninstalled 102 first then installed 1.5 , but it's
> not hurting anything , just leave the entree there , next time you
> update firefox , uninstall the old version first ===
>



The problem of ghost entries in Add/Remove was fixed some time ago.
There should be no problem in installing over the top of a previous
version now. The problem was the outdated nature of the OP's version.

If you have Spybot S&D installed, there is a tool in its advanced mode
that will allow you to get rid of the ghost entry without the
inconvenience of having to reinstall 1.0.2 then uninstall.

Lee
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