Ccleaner Uninstaller
Astri Gierut
If that doesn't help perhaps uninstalling it by a different more robust means will work with either of the two freeware uninstallers linked below. Both do the same task by scanning for leftover files, folders, registry settings, and remove as much as they can. You may need to restart your computer after using them.
* Geek Uninstaller Free
* Revo Uninstaller Free
Hello,
Thank you for your reply, Andavari.
No luck with the task manager.
I was familiar with Revo. Unfortunately, neither Geek nor Revo uninstallers managed to fix the error. They do find some remaining files (I doubt they find all of them, though) and they do appear to remove them, but once I download CCleaner from its site again, install it and try to run the uninstaller, I'm getting the same NSIS error.
Should I go back to some older versions of CCleaner? Or that won't solve anything?
I'm lost here. Don't recall having such trouble with uninstalling CCleaner ever before.
With the way CCleaner installs which is minimal by my books by not creating a bunch of stuff all over the system in files and registry settings I'd be rather confident in the abilities of both Geek Uninstaller Free and especially Revo Uninstaller Free removing it after a reboot in case Smart Cleaning ("used to be called Monitoring") is enabled in CCleaner -- even though the default built-in NSIS uninstaller is failing.
I'm running ccleaner at the moment and it's not working properly because ccleaner browser will not close. I've gone into task manager and it doesn't work re ccleaner browser, you just can't close this thing down.
Since this is through psexec, there's not much verification it worked. I threw this together in under an hour, and tested it against a group of PCs. It seems to work. If it doesn't output that psexec launched the uninstaller on a host, you couldn't reach the host. It launches individual threads for each PC, so it should run quickly. If you have 100+ hosts, it's possible it may be slower (due to launching a large amount of threads). You could confirm by checking one host's directory, aka \\My-PC\C$\Program Files\CCleaner. If that's no longer there, it was removed. Again, check the source if you want to know the specifics.
SentinalOne's detection type indicates it was a heuristic detection, basically, it ran the program in a sandbox to see what it did. Since it is an uninstaller, it invoked the windows installer, removed files, and likely changed some registry settings, that was probably all it took for the scanning engine to flag it.
For data security, currently everyone should uninstalled version of ccleaner 5.33.6162 and 1.07.3191, until new version or any patched version come for it. But till then what then you can get its alternative from here Opens a new window
My intitial reaction to this is that if a utility that "claims" to be an uninstaller detects files it considers it needs admin privleges for, and is too stupid to prompt for it (and tell you why it needs it), then it's time to find another uninstaller program.
Full disclosure: I don't use any uninstallers because I don't trust them to (a) delete everything a particular app might install and (b) might think it needs to delete something it has no business deleting.
1. Apps may install login items or other startup items. Hopefully the ones the install other startup items will also supply their own uninstallers. Use the third party uninstaller whenever possible if it is supplied.
5. Apps installed with .pkg or .mpkg installers usually will install their apps into /Applications. But except for stupid authors who for some odd reason want to supply their apps with .pkg installers where it only installs a single application, .[m]pkg's will usually "spray" other stuff into your system into any of the places I mentioned previously but also may install into system level places if they request the admin password. Hopefully these installers will also supply some kind of uninstaller, either installed as part of the installation or supplied separately.
At further inspection of Revo Uninstaller I noticed it has a lot of similar features to ccleaner and can do just about as much as a cleaning utility as ccleaner. I'm wondering if I can finally ditch ccleaner as a utility and just stick with revo.
Ccleaner gets rid of things you do not use left overs. Revo is an uninstaller to remove programs you you no longer need or want. I use both as needed, I use Ccleaner a lot, it is best to use it just the way it comes checking extra items can in some cases be problematic.
Revo is more than an uninstaller if you go to the tools tab it has everything ccleaner does. The administrative tools section a browser history wiper, a free space wiper. And a windiows Cleaner for file history run history Etc. I would definatly give it a second look. it seems to do a little bit of a better job than ccleaner as well.
Revo is best in breed at what it does. I've used it countless times to uninstall programs which simply would not uninstall via more traditional methods. On the other hand, ccleaner is okay for deleting temp files, cookies, etc. Nothing you can't do on your own, but handy enough for those who want a utility to do it for them. IMO, there is absolutely no comparison between the two products.
Revo has a Junk File cleaner that can get to some small items that CCleaner overlooks from time to time...but agree Revo is a darn good uninstaller that roots out the registry as it cleans along with some of those 'pesky' things that other uninstallers seem to by pass.
There are still some files of SCIA Engineer left on the computer when uninstalling SCIA Engineer with following methods:\r\n\r\n
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- Control Panel > Programs and Features > Uninstall a program\r\n\t
- Go to Start > Run and type the following uninstall command in the window: appwiz.cpl\r\n\r\n\r\nThis could lead to issues when reinstalling SCIA Engineer at a later stadium (for example reference\/access to files on (network) locations which doesn\u2019t seem to exist any longer).\r\n\r\nFor a clean uninstall you can execute following steps:\r\n\r\n
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- Store all of your template files on a location on your C:\\ drive\r\n\t
- Remove all SCIA Engineer versions (or only the relevant version) from your computer by using the Windows control panel\r\n\t
- Delete all 'ESA' folders (or only the relevant folder if you want to remove a specific version) in this folder: C:\\Users\\*username*\r\n\t
- Delete all 'ESA' folders (or only the relevant folder if you want to remove a specific version) in this folder: C:\\Users\\*username*\\Documents\r\n\t
- Delete C:\\ProgramData\\SCIA\r\n\t
- Delete C:\\Users\\*username*\\AppData\\Local\\SCIA (or only C:\\Users\\*username*\\AppData\\Local\\SCIA\\Protection and C:\\Users\\*username*\\AppData\\Local\\SCIA\\SCIAEngineer XX.X if you want to remove a specific version)\r\n\t
- Delete C:\\Program Files\\SCIA (or only C:\\Program Files\\SCIA\\EngineerXX.X if you want to remove a specific version)\r\n\t
- Delete C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SCIA (or only C:\\Program Files (x86)\\SCIA\\EngineerXX.X if you want to remove a specific version)\r\n\r\n\r\nAfterwards you can reinstall the latest version from our downloads page and relocate the template files.\r\n\r\nBelow you can find some methods that can be used to remove registry files as well.\r\n\r\nVia CCleaner\r\n\r\nYou can also delete a program from your computer by using the program CCleaner. With this program also the registry can be cleaned, so all the SCIA Engineer files are deleted.\r\n\r\nCCleaner can be downloaded for free from the following website: http:\/\/www.ccleaner.com\r\n\r\nAfter installing CCleaner, you can start the program.\r\n\r\nTo delete software, go to \u2018Tools\u2019, select the program you want to delete and click on \u2018Uninstall\u2019. If this doesn\u2019t work, you can also choose for \u2018Delete\u2019:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCCleaner will uninstall SCIA Engineer now.
\r\nAfter uninstalling this program, some parts are still present in the registry. To delete those parts as well, go to \u2018Register\u2019 in CCleaner and click on \u2018Scan for Issues\u2019:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCCleaner will make a list with the issues. By using the button \u2018Fix selected issues...\u2019 the selected problems will be solved (it is also possible to backup changes to the registry):\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWe advise you to repeat this process until no issues are found anymore:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThere are similar programs as CCleaner on the internet. Another program is Revo Uninstaller: https:\/\/www.revouninstaller.com\/\r\n\r\nVia registry\r\n\r\nYou can also delete manually in the registry without using CCleaner.
\r\nPlease pay attention when you delete files directly in the registry!\r\n\r\nGo to \u2018Start > Run\u2019 and type the following command in the window: regedit\r\n\r\nDelete the following folders manually:\r\n\r\n- \r\n\t
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > SCIA > Esa > XX.X\r\n\t
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > SCIA > ESA > XX.X\r\n\r\n\r\nXX.X = the version of SCIA Engineer which you want to delete (for example 21.1 for SCIA Engineer 21.1).\r\n"}}]}Uninstall via CCleaner or registry (FAQ)Skip to main content#shape-contest-sprite .st0fill:currentColor;#shape-contest-sprite .st1fill:none;Go to the homepageWebshop loginEnglish
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