reinstalling game

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dave

i had already installed my castle wolfenstein game on my
comp and had finished playing it so i took it of my comp
but now when i try to reinstall it the comp says i
already have a version installed and have to uninstall it
but i have looked in program files and adding and
removung files and cant find it any where


CAN ANY1 HELP PLS?
 
Hi Dave,
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Here's how to properly install or reinstall a game (and/or patch):

1. Backup any saved games and/or mods to a safe location.

2. Uninstall the game using Control Panel / Add-Remove programs.
* Manually delete the game folder if Add-Remove doesn't work.

3. Clear any references to the game leftover in your registry using this
Registry Cleaner: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html

4. Click My Computer / Rightclick the Drive & Choose Properties
/ Run the "Disk Cleanup..." / Next Click the "Tools" Tab and run
the "Error-Checking" and "Defragmentation" utilities.

5. After a reboot close & exit your Antivirus and any other programs
using this method: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=331796

6. Install the game again from your original CD, do not use a backup.

7. Don't reuse the saved games/mods until you properly test the game.

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
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| i had already installed my castle wolfenstein game on my
| comp and had finished playing it so i took it of my comp
| but now when i try to reinstall it the comp says i
| already have a version installed and have to uninstall it
| but i have looked in program files and adding and
| removung files and cant find it any where
|
|
| CAN ANY1 HELP PLS?
 
one thing i might suggest for future, is when you're done with a game,
just remove the biggest files, like for wolfenstin that would be the
big 500meg pk3 file and a few other pk3 files.

so if you need to play again, just pop the cd in and copy them back to
the base folder.
 
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