WAY OT: MOVE MEDIA WON'T UNINSTALL

Jay Gladwell wrote on 10/16/2005, 1:20 PM

Somewhere along the way, something called Move Media was installed on my computer. It keeps trying to access the Internet, but can't (firewall).

It's listed in the Program list in "Add or Remove Programs" but I cannot remove it! What can I do to get it uninstalled?

Thanks!

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jrazz wrote on 10/16/2005, 1:52 PM

go to start/run/ and typ msconfig then go to the startup tab and see if it is there. If it is uncheck it so that it does not start up when your computer starts up. when you reboot you should be able to uninstall it, but if that is not the case, go back and do the same thing again except this time start up in safe mode and go to add/remove programs and try to uninstall it.

Jay Gladwell wrote on 10/16/2005, 2:04 PM

Thank you, Jeremy, for your input!

What I wound up doing was finding the folder, changed the name of the ".exe" file to ".doc" and saved it. Rebooted the computer then I was able to manually delete the files and folders. Then I was able to remove the reference in the "Add or Remove" list. I ran Registry Mechanic and cleaned everything out of the registry.

That appears to have taken care of it.

jrazz wrote on 10/16/2005, 2:15 PM

I'm glad you got rid of it! I hate when your computer gets taken over by software and without a little bit of knowledge there is nothing that can be done!!!
For that reason, I have 2 computers that I use. 1 strictly for editing and the other for trying out other software before I install it on my editing machine to help aide in editing. Have a good day Jay.

Jay Gladwell wrote on 10/16/2005, 3:11 PM

I have 2 computers that I use. 1 strictly for editing and the other for trying out other software...

Oh, yes! I do the samething. I'd never expose my editing computer to untried software. Far too dangerous for my taste!