can't uninstall Windows Defender "josey" <josey[ at ]hunterlink.com> 10/31/2008 5:41:27 AM Hi' Everyone, I have windows XP SP3, I want to uninstall Windows Defender but it won't go. It went from add/remove but the files and folders are still in Program Files in Windows Explorer. I went to the Microsoft web site and there are instructions to uninstall but when I follow them a message appears telling me it can't find a file. What can I do I have 3 folders, 2 in C:doc uments and settings and 1 in Program Files. Many thanks josey.

Re: can't uninstall Windows Defender "Don Phillipson" <e925[ at ]SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> 10/31/2008 11:43:11 AM "josey" <josey[ at ]hunterlink.com> wrote in message news:bUwOk.9871$sc2.278[ at ]news-server.bigpond.net.au... [Quoted Text] > I have windows XP SP3, I want to uninstall Windows Defender but it won't go. > It went from add/remove but the files and folders are still in Program Files > in Windows Explorer. I went to the Microsoft web site and there are > instructions to uninstall but when I follow them a message appears telling > me it can't find a file. What can I do I have 3 folders, 2 in C:doc uments > and settings and 1 in Program Files. This suggests errors in the Defender uninstal routine (which on execution, as you have done, is supposed to remove both (a) dedicated folders and (b) file calls.) So you have no problem of malfunction (we suppose) -- just file calls to files already correctly deleted. Solutions for tidiness: 1. Create a folder called / Discards and Move to it all folders and files associated with what you have uninstalled. You can delete them all after a week or a month of trouble-free operation. 2a. Save a System Restore point 2b. /start/run/REGEDIT.EXE to /edit/find all references to Defender and delete them all. If anything goes wrong, reboot and Restore System to the point before you made these changes. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

Re: can't uninstall Windows Defender "josey" <josey[ at ]hunterlink.com> 10/31/2008 11:46:14 PM Many thanks, will try that, josey. "Don Phillipson" <e925[ at ]SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message news:OYFCkZ0OJHA.2348[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > "josey" <josey[ at ]hunterlink.com> wrote in message > news:bUwOk.9871$sc2.278[ at ]news-server.bigpond.net.au... > >> I have windows XP SP3, I want to uninstall Windows Defender but it won't > go. >> It went from add/remove but the files and folders are still in Program > Files >> in Windows Explorer. I went to the Microsoft web site and there are >> instructions to uninstall but when I follow them a message appears >> telling >> me it can't find a file. What can I do I have 3 folders, 2 in C:doc >> uments >> and settings and 1 in Program Files. > > This suggests errors in the Defender uninstal routine (which > on execution, as you have done, is supposed to remove both > (a) dedicated folders and (b) file calls.) So you have no > problem of malfunction (we suppose) -- just file calls to > files already correctly deleted. > > Solutions for tidiness: > 1. Create a folder called / Discards > and Move to it all folders and files associated with what > you have uninstalled. You can delete them all after a > week or a month of trouble-free operation. > > 2a. Save a System Restore point > 2b. /start/run/REGEDIT.EXE > to /edit/find all references to Defender > and delete them all. > If anything goes wrong, reboot and Restore System to > the point before you made these changes. > > -- > Don Phillipson > Carlsbad Springs > (Ottawa, Canada) > >