Having difficulties playing and uninstalling Star Trek: Elite Force II

[sonicam]

Hello all, I'm having a lot of problems playing Star Trek: Elite Force II. I put the CD in and it's registering as if it's already installed in my computer, giving me the options to Play, Uninstall, etc. Although, there is no file in the C Drive, there is no registry key and the game isn't apearing in the Add/Remove Programs application. I don't understand what's going on. I've tried clicking uninstall and still, it shows a small window that says "InstallShield" and then it disappears and nothing happens. I don't know what to do. I defragmented, used CCleaner, I don't know what to do. Can someone please help me out, my dad really wants to play this game but we don't know what to do. Thanx.

[Colmaca]

I would run through every step of the manual uninstall, be shore not to miss any then reinstall should work. link below how to do.

https://activision.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/activision.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=11123&p_created=1057087635&p_sid=SdCttCli&p_accessibility=0&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PWRmbHQmcF9ncmlkc29yd D0mcF9yb3dfY250PTYmcF9wcm9kcz0xLDM1MiZwX2NhdHM9JnB fcHY9Mi4zNTImcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzL nNlYXJjaF9ubCZwX3BhZ2U9MSZwX3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PXVuaW5 zdGFsbA**&p_li=&p_topview=1


here the run down off it incase the link don't work.

This answer is for an Advanced user. Please do not attempt the below solution if you are not comfortable editing the Registry. Damaging the Registry could result in very adverse effects to your system. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.


To manually uninstall the game you need to Delete both the game folder and the registry entries for the game.
1) Go to the directory where you installed the game (Default is C:\Program Files\Activision\EF2) and delete the whole EF2 folder.
2) Click the Start button > Run
3) Type:

regedit (Press the Enter key) This will bring up the registry editor.

4) Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Activision\Elite Force II and Delete it.
5) Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\Star Trek Elite Force II and Delete that. This should remove the game completely from your system.


It might also be required to remove the EF2.INI file for the game:
1) Click the Start button > Programs > Windows Explorer.
2) In the left pane, choose the drive Windows is on.
3) In the right pane, double-click on the Windows folder.
4) Again in the right pane, scroll down until you find a file named EF2.INI(the file should have an icon of a notepad with a yellow gear on it).
5) Highlight and delete the file.
6) Try to install the game now

[sonicam]

Awesome, thank you so much, finally uninstalled and reinstalled the program and it works. Thanks again and my dad says thanx too, lol.

[Colmaca]

Your welcome :)