Eh, I haven't been around for a while, not since my last hard drive died back in june.
Well, today I was trying to install civ 4 again (you can only stay away for so long). I have two copies of the game, but only have some of the discs with me. One of the copies is the bestseller edition (i think) with 2 installation disks and a third disk that is some bonus content, "the making of" or some sort.
I used that disk 1 to start installation. I then attempted to use disk 2 from the original release of Civilization 4, not figuring there should be any problem (and I'm not sure that this was the problem).
What happened was that when I inserted the second disk into my computer and attempted to run the installer again, it threw an error and civ 4 installation died. Inserting the Civ 1 disk didn't give me an uninstall prompt, so I went around systematically removing all of the civ 4 files I could find. This included the Firaxis foldier in Program files, some registry files that had been broken afterward (using CCleaner), something in My Games (which was just empty folders), and my history.
However, after removing all traces of the game from my hard drive (that I could find by searching "civilization 4" and "firaxis" in my search bar), inserting the disk still does not give me an install prompt. It simply gives me the "play" menu.
I conclude from this that there are still remnants of the game on my computer, and I want to be able to find and remove them without reformatting my hard drive. I believe the problem must be in my registry, something that CCleaner missed. Is there somebody that can help me through this arduous process? I'm sure there are still tons of you playing Fall From Heaven II online.
Cheers
Well, today I was trying to install civ 4 again (you can only stay away for so long). I have two copies of the game, but only have some of the discs with me. One of the copies is the bestseller edition (i think) with 2 installation disks and a third disk that is some bonus content, "the making of" or some sort.
I used that disk 1 to start installation. I then attempted to use disk 2 from the original release of Civilization 4, not figuring there should be any problem (and I'm not sure that this was the problem).
What happened was that when I inserted the second disk into my computer and attempted to run the installer again, it threw an error and civ 4 installation died. Inserting the Civ 1 disk didn't give me an uninstall prompt, so I went around systematically removing all of the civ 4 files I could find. This included the Firaxis foldier in Program files, some registry files that had been broken afterward (using CCleaner), something in My Games (which was just empty folders), and my history.
However, after removing all traces of the game from my hard drive (that I could find by searching "civilization 4" and "firaxis" in my search bar), inserting the disk still does not give me an install prompt. It simply gives me the "play" menu.
I conclude from this that there are still remnants of the game on my computer, and I want to be able to find and remove them without reformatting my hard drive. I believe the problem must be in my registry, something that CCleaner missed. Is there somebody that can help me through this arduous process? I'm sure there are still tons of you playing Fall From Heaven II online.
Cheers
