can't uninstall LnS Lite

Discussion in 'LnS English Forum' started by Achy_, Feb 13, 2003.

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  1. Achy_

    Achy_ Guest

    Look 'n' Stop Lite 1.0.0.4 has been messed up. It is installed on an older Win98 PC and functioned well for a long while. Then spyware and viruses were removed from the system. Now LnS will not run, and the uninstaller is missing, so it cannot be removed in the orthodox manner. I tried re-installing it over top of the existing setup, but that made no apparent difference---it still neither runs nor uninstalls.

    Are there prepared instructions for uninstalling manually?
     
  2. Achy_

    Achy_ Guest

    LnS is running again, after further work. Still no uninstaller, though.
     
  3. Frederic

    Frederic LnS Developer

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    Look 'n' Stop is its own uninstaller.

    The command line is looknstop -uninst

    But normally the Start Menu should contain an icon for uninstall and in the control panel when double-cicking on add:remove programs, Look 'n' Stop should appear in the list of installed applications.

    Regards,

    Frederic.
     
  4. Achy_

    Achy_ Guest

    Normally, perhaps. But in this case neither Add/Remove nor Start-Uninstall is producing any noticeable effect. We will try the command line. Thanks for the response!
     
  5. Frederic

    Frederic LnS Developer

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    How did you note Look 'n' Stop is still there ?

    File that should be removed after the uninstall (Win95/98/ ME information only):

    c:\windows\system\fwapi.dll
    c:\windows\system\lnsfw1.vxd
    c:\windows\system\lnsfw.vxd

    All content in c:\program files\soft4ever\looknstop, except files you placed by yourself inside this folder.

    About the registry keys:
    there is an entry in:[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\]
    for automatic start
    and for drivers:
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\LNSFW]
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\LNSFW1]

    And finally the icons/shortcut in the Start Menu.

    I think that's it.

    Frederic
     
  6. Achy_

    Achy_ Guest

    Dozens of ways: the icon in the systray, the fact that it's one of the running tasks, the files in the installation folder, etc. Thanks for the information.
     
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