Help getting my game installed

Boman · #1 (**permalink**) 05-25-2001, 02:35 AM

Hi! My problems is that I've had som of the game installed and now I can't install the game. When I press install it askeds me if I wan't to completly remove the game!!! There is no game installed.GRRR please help me soon...
tanx

Edwin · #2 (**permalink**) 05-25-2001, 02:39 AM

You say you had some of the game installed.....what do you mean??? You had a demo or what.....

Boman · #3 (**permalink**) 05-25-2001, 02:42 AM

the instalation crashed before the whole game was installed. All I want to do now is get the entire game erased, so I can start from scratch...

Edwin · #4 (**permalink**) 05-25-2001, 02:46 AM

Try looking in your BGII folder....if it exists, cancel all of it. You can also try to say yes when he asks you to completely uninstall the game.....
Let me know if this works....

Boman · #5 (**permalink**) 05-25-2001, 02:51 AM

I have tried both and I have even looked over my regedit and cannot find anything related to the game! is there some files that i should know about in the regedit? or another way to completely erase the game?

Manveru · #6 (**permalink**) 05-25-2001, 02:51 AM

I had such a situation with my BG2(Because I have Cd-recorder and DVD in the same computer I was able to listen music during instalation - huge mistake - at the end of instalation nothing happened - I had to restart computer and then I wasn't able to reinstall bg2. The deinstall was also impossible.

There are two things that could be done :
1) Find all register entries about BG2 and erase them (Boring and difficult to do)
2) Reinstall windows (Boring and takes a lot of time but much easier than changing register files)

[ 05-25-2001: Message edited by: Manveru ]

Sabre · #7 (**permalink**) 05-25-2001, 02:58 AM

Ok, I have a solution for you, it involved editing Windows' registry file, so if you're not sure, don't do it.
Firstly, delete the directory where the game is installed in.
Then, go into the Windows' directory and find REGEDIT.EXE, run it. Click on the + icon for "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE", and again for "SOFTWARE". If there is something called "Bioware Corp.", or similar, delete it.
Exit the program after you have colapsed everything by pressing on the - icons. Restart the computer, and install the game again.

Boman · #8 (**permalink**) 05-25-2001, 02:59 AM

it all looks like I have to reinstall my OS damn GRRR I hate it!!!

Boman · #9 (**permalink**) 05-25-2001, 03:05 AM

I have tried deleting that file and a few other BG2 files in the regedit and nothing happend... hmmmm tanx all for the help I think I will reinstall my OS I don´t think there is any other way!