Trouble Re-Installing CivIV

Zaphod77

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Ok, here's the overview:

I recently had CivIV on my J: Drive. I had to wipe said drive due to corruption and now cannot re-partition the drive. That is not the problem.

The problem is that CivIV still thinks it is on my computer, so running the setup file on the disk only allows me to "uninstall" a game that doesn't exist. So it simply tries to uninstall things that aren't there, thus forcing me to click "ignore" when the error message comes up for every single file... which would take forever.

I have tried removing any files related to CivIV in the registry, but it simply duplicates some of the files every time I try to "uninstall" the game. After removing said files, the autorun shows that I can "Install" the game, but this simply tries to install the Ati catalyst control center over and over again, whether it is on my computer or not. It does not allow me to install CivIV after this, and the next time the autorun shows it says I can "Play" the game... which, for obvious reasons, I can't do.

If someone can give me a complete list of registry files to delete or an alternate way of uninstalling the game so my computer no longer believes it is there, that would be great. It's possible I could have missed something.

EDIT: Nevermind, I think I've solved the problem. :) Going through the autrun first made some more registry entries so I ended up checking again and deleted everything related to 'civilization' or 'civ 4' in the registry and that let the setup file run.
 
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