Re: Creating New User Accounts without carrying over any old progr

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How long ago was it first installed? The reason I ask is that if was
only a couple of day, System Restore could be helpful.

I suspect there are some leftover entries in the registry causing the
install to fail. Are you comfortable editing the registry?

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Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org


Ohio Cameron wrote:
> Hey Bert, the older version of the game was a trial version that I
> downloaded from the internet and yes I tried uninstalling it in the
> Add/Remove programs, when that did not work, I redownloaded the game
> from the same webpage and then went to the start menu and uninstalled
> it there, that would not work either. It still says that the older
> version needs to be uninstalled. I even tried emptying out my cookies
> folder, Disk Cleanup, and going through my Programs folder, but
> nothing regarding RollerCoaster Tycoon was there. And I did all of
> this within the past two days. I remember that on the older Microsoft
> Windows 98, there was an option that made each user account
> completely separate and carried no old programs over. Is there a way
> to do that on Windows xp?
>
>
> "Bert Kinney" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would suggest checking with the manufacturer of the game first.
>>
>> Was the game uninstalled via Add/remove programs in Control Panel and
>> how long ago was it?
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://bertk.mvps.org
>>
>> Ohio Cameron wrote:
>>> I need some help, I recently bought a new game on cd-rom and tried
>>> to install it. It says that I need to uninstall the older version
>>> of the game, I've done this and there is no trace of the game
>>> anywhere on my system, yet I still cannot install the cd-rom game.
>>> So what I want to know is how I can create a new user account
>>> without carrying over any of the old program files. If that is
>>> indeed possible. Thanks to anyone who can help me!


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