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Russ Allen

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Message 23480 - Posted: 5 Mar 2009, 17:46:43 UTC

I am having trouble uninstalling and reinstalling the BOINC Manager. I cannot do so using the Windows Installer, Program Uninstall, or Windows Install Clean up. Any suggestions?
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Message 23481 - Posted: 5 Mar 2009, 18:45:43 UTC - in response to Message 23480.  

What, if any, are the (error) messages that you get?
Which Windows?
Which BOINC version?
What are you trying to do?
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Message 23482 - Posted: 5 Mar 2009, 21:18:44 UTC - in response to Message 23481.  

The message says that Windows Installer cannot locate boinc.msi.

Windows Vista.

The most recent version.

I want to uninstall and reinstall so that, when and if I want to I can uninstall againt. Right now the uninstall does not work.
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Message 23484 - Posted: 5 Mar 2009, 21:29:57 UTC - in response to Message 23482.  

Try the other options in this FAQ, especially reinstalling the old version that you are trying to uninstall. You have a corrupt or missing MSI file, reinstalling the old version should fix that.
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Message 23488 - Posted: 6 Mar 2009, 3:56:30 UTC - in response to Message 23484.  

I have tried that - I cannot uninstall the older version either - same result.
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Message 23490 - Posted: 6 Mar 2009, 9:15:45 UTC - in response to Message 23488.  
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You should install the old version, not uninstall!

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[edit] After successful installation, you can either uninstall or install the newer version directly.[/edit]
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Message 23495 - Posted: 6 Mar 2009, 14:56:03 UTC - in response to Message 23490.  

When I try to reinstall the earlier version I receive the same error message -BOINC.msi cannot be located.
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Message 23496 - Posted: 6 Mar 2009, 15:00:16 UTC - in response to Message 23495.  

Which number does the old version have?
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Message 23497 - Posted: 6 Mar 2009, 15:26:47 UTC

I have added an Advanced users section to that FAQ I pointed to that will deal with deleting BOINC manually, including in the registry. If you feel up to it, try to use it.
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