BtS error followed by uninstall errors

[Abusse]

The game in general has been a mess since I got it, when I first installed the game whenever I followed a hyperlink in civlopedia the game randomly crashed, so I stopped doing that and was content to play. Next I tried to install some patches, the game froze up so I stopped doing that and was content to play (after restarting the computer), then I tried to download the newest version of Rhye's and Fall, the mod no longer loaded and the game crashed every time I tried to load it.

SO

I figured I would reinstall it. Now, I installed the game on my external hard drive (if that matters I dont know) so I went to the control panel to uninstall the game and various errors showed up, and I had to abort the uninstall. Thinking I could delete all the expansion, by simply opening the civ folder and deleting the folder titled "Beyond the Sword" I thought that should do it, because I can't find ANY files related to BtS anymore, but when I put the CD back in to install it, the option to Play came up so I can't install it. I even went through the files on the disc and tried to run Setup.exe but that wont work, as it merely brings up the uninstall menu (wierd?) implying there are files left, but as I already said, when I try to uninstall in that way I get repeated file errors.

Oh and to top it off, I cant completely reinstall everything (that did occur to me) because I lent my original civ 4 off to someone else.
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[ori]

Welcome to CFC
it is well possible that you will end up having to reinstall everything. However try the following: in the below do only those things clearly marked as bts or beyond the sword for removal - then restart the computer prior to installing the game...


install the most recent version of DirectX 9c from Microsoft

then do the following for a clean reinstall:

Uninstall and Reinstall Civ4 Warlords BtS :

Try to follow this order when doing stuff:
Use Control panel to uninstall Beyond the Sword, then Warlords, then Civ4
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\my documents\my games\sid meier's civilization 4" manually
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\my documents\my games\warlords" manually
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\my documents\my games\beyond the sword" manually
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\application data\my games\sid meier's civilization 4" manually
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\application data\my games\warlords" manually
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\application data\my games\beyond the sword" manually
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\local settings\application data\my games\sid meier's civilization 4" manually
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\local settings\application data\my games\warlords" manually
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\local settings\application data\my games\beyond the sword" manually
(note: application data is a hidden directory so you need to configure windows explorer to show hidden files, also these directories in application data are sometimes removed by the uninstall routine)
Delete "...\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{CFBCE791-2D53-4FCE-B3FB-D6E01F4112E8}" (Civ4)
Delete "...\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{3E4B349F-10B5-4586-9D99-489A90A8B228}" (Warlords)
Delete "...\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{32E4F0D2-C135-475E-A841-1D59A0D22989}" (BtS)
(note: InstallShield Installation Information is a hidden directory so you need to configure windows explorer to show hidden files).
Install Civ4, immediately patch it to 1.61 (download it fresh from here)
Install Warlords, immediately patch it to 2.08 (download it fresh from here)
Install Beyond the Sword, immediately patch to 3.17 (download it fresh from here).