Still Can't Uninstall Civ4!!!

[Bookieparlor]

Okay,

I bit the bullet and manually deleted every file from my hard drive related to Civ4. Then, following the advice of several other threads, I deleted the following file:

C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{CFBCE791-2D53-4FCE-B3FB-D6E01F4112E8}

I then opened regedit and deleted these entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\{CFBCE791-2D53-4FCE-B3FB-D6E01F4112E8}

Now, when I go to install Civ4, I get the following error message:

The setup has detected that version 1.61.000 of Sid Meier's
Civilization 4 is already installed.

This setup installs an earlier version of Sid Meier's Civilization 4
(1.09)

You will half to uninstall the previous version before installing
this version.

When I go into the control panel to Add or Remove Programs and attempt to delete either game, I get the following message:

Setup.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost.

Then, oddly, I have two options: Debug or close. There isn't the standard "report this problem to Microsoft" button.

I've been working on this for two days and it's driving me b*gf*cking nuts!

 

[GVBN]

When I go into the control panel to Add or Remove Programs and attempt to delete either game, I get the following message:

If you deleted those registry entries then Civ4 shouldn't even show up in the Add/Remove Programs list

 

[Bookieparlor]

Yeah, I know - it's strange, but both Civ4 and Warlords remain in the Add or Delete Programs list.

 

[Big Boss Man]

Sounds like you might have a smart drive backup active with a windows restore point . Edit the reg again and when done reboot imediately or if your brave turn off the back up drive monitoring software then edit reg reboot and restore drive monitoring ...

 

[Big Boss Man]

try here http://consumer.installshield.com/kb.asp?id=Q108167