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Cannot Uninstall Programs in Windows XP

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by chloebeljane

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I can't remove programs from the Add/Remove Programs tool in XP. It gives me these: "Can't find installation data file Uninstall.dat" and "Can't open Install.log file" when I try to remove them.

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by thechas

Depending on how the programs were installed, you may need to log on as administrator to access the add/remove programs data files for the programs.

Also, user rights may not allow you to access the files.

Chas

by clive scotland

We could go digging into the registry but what Chas has said may apply as well as it may not, Some programs may have an uninstaller of their own and you may try to use the uninstaller that comes with those programs, howerver another soloution is to Reinstall the program that you are trying to remove, then go to add remove programs and see if it works again, Ive did thisafew times and it seems to work.

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