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Engineer's Toolset

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Enginner'sToolset Uninstallation woes

FormerMember over 3 years ago

Hello group,

I downloaded the trial version, and tested it for a while.
Decided it was not for me, so I uninstalled it.

After a couple of days, I got problems while attempting to install another SW package.
Some messages indicated it was related to Engineer's Toolset. So, I reinstalled Engineer's Toolset, and the install of the new package went ok.
Uninstalled Engineer's Toolset again.

However, the same story repeated itself several times. Lots of bits & pieces are left over after uninstalling Engineer's Toolset. Did a search on my disk and found plenty.
So, how can I remove it fully and avoiding such problems?

I have asked Solarwinds support, but they refused to help.
Said it was my problem, since I should have installed it on a test machine.

Kind regards,

Per-Tore

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crimpswithpliers over 3 years ago +1

Hit the closest backup or restore point? CCleaner might be able to root out some of it; an aggressive registry purge will also help. If you know where the pieces are, just hunt them down and terminate…

0 crimpswithpliers over 3 years ago

Hit the closest backup or restore point?
CCleaner might be able to root out some of it; an aggressive registry purge will also help. If you know where the pieces are, just hunt them down and terminate with extreme prejudice.
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0 FormerMember over 3 years ago in reply to crimpswithpliers

I tried uninstalling it again.
Used Wise Registry Cleaner and Malwarebytes Premium to check & remove stuff.
Deleted every bits of leftovers I could find.
Searching the disk thereafter, only showed these files being left:
I also used RegEdit and deleted everything with the name SolrarWinds in it.
Rebooting machine.
While running a program (Winlink Express) that tried to update something, I still get the same problem.
Here are the typical windows that pops up:

So, what to do?
Regards,
Per-Tore
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0 FormerMember over 3 years ago

Is this a Windows 10 problem, or a Solarwinds uninstaller problem?
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