Help me not murder my laptop? Please?

**Patriot545** · December 10, 2010, 04:51 PM

Alright, so, I installed RTW, decided I didnt want it, and un installed it. Went through and deleted everything I could find having to do with the game. Now, i want to install it again so I put the CD in and guess what?

The damn "Install" button isnt highlighted, the "Play RTW" button is. ?!?!?!?!? There is no TW game installed on my laptop, none. I had Medieval 2 for a bit after Rome, but both are gone and I want Rome back but I cant get it because apparently its already on my laptop!!!!

This damn thing is annoying me to the point of wanting to blow a hole through it with some #3 Buck shot.

**irishron** · December 10, 2010, 04:57 PM

Try this. http://shoguntotalwar.yuku.com/topic...Total-War.html

**Patriot545** · December 10, 2010, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by irishron

Try this. http://shoguntotalwar.yuku.com/topic...Total-War.html

Got my hopes up.

1) Click Start then Run.
2) At the prompt type: REGEDIT. The registry editor will open.
3) Click the "+" next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
4) Click the "+" next to SOFTWARE.
5) Click the "+" next to The Creative Assembly
6) Right-Click to delete the The Creative Assembly entry.
7) Click the "+" next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
8) Click the "+" next to SOFTWARE.
9) Click the "+" next to The Creative Assembly
10) Right-Click to delete the The Creative Assembly entry.
11) Close the registry editor.

There is no "The Creative Assembly" tab.

**irishron** · December 10, 2010, 06:02 PM

How about Activision? Maybe Sega?

**Patriot545** · December 10, 2010, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by irishron

How about Activision? Maybe Sega?

Got it. Deleted it. Ran the CD. Got this...again.

**irishron** · December 10, 2010, 06:51 PM

Find C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information and delete {FD69C8CB-6964-432C-98AB-A5A09ED50EEA} if it still exists.

**Patriot545** · December 10, 2010, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by irishron

Find C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information and delete {FD69C8CB-6964-432C-98AB-A5A09ED50EEA} if it still exists.

It doesnt exist. I just checked, I was very thorough with my uninstall process it seems.

Too thorough??

**irishron** · December 10, 2010, 07:20 PM

No. You missed something. Have you run a registry cleaner and rebooted?

**Patriot545** · December 10, 2010, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by irishron

No. You missed something. Have you run a registry cleaner and rebooted?

I ran ccleaner. Twice to make sure. Ima reboot now and hope for the best.

**Patriot545** · December 10, 2010, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by Patriot545

I ran ccleaner. Twice to make sure. Ima reboot now and hope for the best.

Nope. Same thing. And when i click it the "Something sheild" little red box pops up, goes away, then decides to say "F you" and not run the game. This confuses me, ive never had a game do this.

**irishron** · December 10, 2010, 07:52 PM

What Windows version?

**Patriot545** · December 10, 2010, 07:59 PM

Windows 7 - 64bit

**Achea** · December 10, 2010, 08:09 PM

You could just run the setup from the CD.

**irishron** · December 10, 2010, 08:34 PM

Disable the UAC and in the icon set it "Run as Administrator" and XP Compatible.

**Brusilov** · December 11, 2010, 04:43 AM

The other thing to consider is that if you've installed to the 'protected' folder (c:\program files (x86)) there may be traces of your game left in the 'virtual strore' or 'appdata' area. In order to find the start of the path just run %appdata% and then follow the most appropriate folder path.

It's usually something like this:

c:\Users\'user account'\AppData\Roaming