Re-installation Issues

[Empirarte]

Hello, I'm re-installing Civilization IV Complete on the Vista home computer, I un-installed it before but left the accounts and game saves on, however I have come upon a problem. Whenever I put in the disk it shows the options for play, read me, and exit; instead of the install option. When I click play, five errors pop up saying they could not locate specific files, which I had un-installed.

I ran a search in the documents, and deleted everything I could find, (leaving Colonization files on) however it still had the same results. I am mainly asking for places to look when manually completely an uninstallation. Thank you for your help.

 

[Empirarte]

I have gone to it's folder and deleted everything with the name Sid Meier just to be safe. I have gone to the registry and am currently trying to delete it's file there, however it is not allowing me to delete it saying that it cannot locate the file's location as I deleted the folder it was in myself. The error is still persisting and I am running out of ideas for fixing it so please help.

 

[Furiey]

This is the usually suggested uninstall sequence for Civ 4, Warlords, BTS. You may have already removed lots of it of course. It's often the installshield folders that are missed.

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).