Can NOT Reinstall the game! Help!

[muddymonkey77]

Hey folks!

Ok here is the problem...

I patched my vanilla Rome TW up to version 1.5 today and somehow the files got messed up and the game would crash. So I uninstalled the game with the plan of reinstalling it from scratch.

I went and ran the setup.exe and it keeps asking me if I want to remove Rome Total War from my computer instead of allowing me to install it.

The first time this came up, I ran the uninstall....didn't work
Then I manually deleted all the files.....didn't work
Then I went to add/remove programs and removed RTW....didn't work
Then I did a manual uninstall (Removed all registry keys and all files from computer)....didn't work
Rebooted the Computer after each of these steps...didn't work
Finally ran launch.exe. Gave me the install option finally, clicked it, setup ran.....still asking if I want to uninstall!!!! GRRRRRRRRR!!!!

What do I do? Is there a way to manually install?

[muddymonkey77]

ARRRRRRRGGGG!!!

Ok...so I did a system restore to before the filed got all jacked up...

Yay! RTW and all it's files are there!!!
Booo! When I now click on the .exe not a thing happens. The little red box shows up that says "Rome Total War" then.........NOTHING!

Gah! What is the deal with this game!

[muddymonkey77]

Alright...

System restore....

All RTW folders are there....but all of them are empty!!

Still can not reinstall the game.

Can anyone help?

Will I continue to have a conversation with myself?

[muddymonkey77]

If you notice...I've been working on this for 3 1/2 hours now!!

[irishron]

Since you have it back to that point, Have you tried uninstalling it, again from the add/remove programs?

[Brusilov]

The following explains how to remove all traces of a game from a PC (I've not used it so I don't know if it works);

http://rtw.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/f...&f=3,3340,,all

What operating system are you using and what priviledges do you have?