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Terresa Cherrie

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Aug 5, 2024, 6:01:47 AM8/5/24

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Im suspecting that it is reinstalling the drivers because it still sees the device as being attached to the PC in the Settings menu, but doesn't have a driver for that device. Windows automatically downloads and installs drivers for devices that it is attached to. This causes the drivers to reappear and cause the issue you're dealing with.

For me, the key here was showing the hidden devices. Since I wasn't uninstalling those, anytime I attempted to add my device back it would refer to those instances which apparently had corrupted drivers. I hope this helps someone else in need.

OneDrive is built in to some versions of Windows and can't be uninstalled. But you can hide it and stop the sync process, so it stays hidden. To do this, turn off all the OneDrive settings and remove the OneDrive folder from File Explorer.

Under Apps & features, find and select Microsoft OneDrive, and then select Uninstall. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

Your first port of call when removing software is through the Programs and Features window. This tool is one of the best and easiest ways to find and remove almost any installed program on your device.

Most of the apps that you download come with an uninstaller executable file. Usually, this is located within the same folder that contains all the contents of that specific program. As such, if the above tricks don't seem to work, it's worth looking for an official uninstaller file.

You probably know that you can use the Command Prompt to configure your PC settings or repair corrupted system files. But did you know that it also comes in handy for deleting problematic files on your PC?

Replace the name of program command with the actual name of the program you want to delete. For example, to delete a program called SplitCam, your command should look like this:

Uninstalling the software is easy using the windows Program uninstall. BUt the files are hidden and one needs to do the following to find them. You may want to run the emclient backup feature just to be safe in case you need them back.

Using the following to locate everything before you uninstall the program .

Richard, On May 1st we changed email servers and this is when all my folders disappeared and I really need to get them back. I am using the free version. I have posted several times on emClient about this and have yet to get any responses from anyone, getting frustrated with emClient about the no responses. I was hoping that maybe you could help or direct me in the right direction to where I could get help.

Thanks in advance.

Wayne Callicoatte

Under the terms of the Free License agreement, there is no support available from eM Client. Users of the Free License can post their questions on this forum where other users may assist in solving the problem. But I did not see any questions from you Wayne, except for the one you just posted. Was it maybe under a different name?

Often if there is a problem with the application, it is not necessary to uninstall. Just close eM Client and remove the database directory that Richard mentioned in 3 above. When you restart, it will be with a new database, so all data, settings etc will have been removed.

Most likely you were using IMAP, so the messages were stored on the server. Unless the data was moved from the old to the new server, then you will not be able to recover any of the messages. Do you maybe have a recent eM Client backup?

Your first question was to uninstall everything. If I knew you lost something I would not have told you to erase everything . Hopefully you have not erased anything yet. Before you give up. Check the Archive folder on emclient if it exist . Check the Backup feature just to be sure there was none.

Menu / Tools /Mail / Auto Archive

Menu /Tools / General / Backups

See if the administrator of your email server has any backups or will allow you to get the data from the old server

I need to reinstall Obsidian and I tried dragging the app from Applications to the trash and it removes obsidian but there must be some hidden files retained since some things are remembered when the application is re-installed

In order to get technical support I had to allow a vendor to install "ScreenMeet" on my computer for remote support. Now that the call is done I want to remove this software. However, it seems to be hidden. There is no uninstall option in add/remove programs (app does not appear) and I can't find it in programs files directories.

Maybe a wrong installation, who knows. The nice thing is that umbrel keeps everything in one folder. The rest of the requisites (docker engine etc) are just standard parts of OS.

You can even take that umbrel folder and copy it into another system or VM and run the scripts from inside. Done, you have again all your Umbrel running.

Are you are referring to my commands? my commands are meant to remove the hidden files from the umbrel folder. Because umbrel will not install to a folder unless it is empty. A safer way to remove the hidden files is to install Midnight Commander - apt install mc

There is an older application (Fishbowl 2013) running on over 100 machines. It was manually installed. We just recently moved to SCCM. It was an EXE install and there is NO uninstall value in the registry to reference.

The uninstall uses "uninstall.exe", located in the "program files (x86)\Fishbowl" folder. There are no flags that will allow me to provide input to the uninstaller. I am able to do a removal on the local machine without incident. The vendor was of no help.

What I want to do is use SCCM to uninstall this application so that we don't have to touch over 100 machines. I've tried creating a 'package' and an 'application', with a CMD file containing the full path to the uninstall command, but it doesn't work in either scenario. I don't want to 'install', the uninstaller, which is what both options want to do. I simply want to run the uninstaller 'hidden', so users get no prompts and so it completes automatically. I am not a powershell coder. I find it cryptic and confusing and am not able grasp it.

Follow Niall method ,pick one client ,perform the uninstall using unattended ,put that in script/batch file ,create application/package/task sequence to remove application. SCCM follow what you feed to it

The installer and the uninstaller are VERY POORLY WRITTEN. There are no unattended or silent flags to use for the removal. Also, I already looked at the link in this thread and ran it. The application does not show up when I run the powershell commands. LOTS of Microsoft software shows up though. It is not an MSI install. It is an EXE install. There is no uninstall key. I've attached a screen shot of the uninstall options.

I do see what I believe to be every other fixlet/task except these three. Obviously if I am missing these three that begs the questions of what else could I be missing but at the moment these Java uninstallers are my focus So far from my PMR we are just doing basic troubleshooting but nothing obvious has fixed the issue. Even my site versions are accurate to what is expected.

I will see if this topic gets any attention before I create another but now that I have access to these Fixlets, I find that they work well except for the Java 8 updates. We have several versions installed across the company and through testing it left multiple versions of the Java 8 platform.

The actionscript is below. IExpress is a built in Microsoft product that allows you to semi package files together to make an .exe. In this exe there is an elevation command that calls on command prompt to change the PowerShell execution policy (set by our group policy) from restricted to bypass, then open and execute the PowerShell script.

I have resolved this issue by using the provided BigFix multiple Java version installed fixlets, paired with a long list of 64 bit Java GUID uninstallers running after the BF action completed. The sequence then goes as such:

Newest version of Java 32 bit installs

Run all multiple Java version fixlets to cleanup any accompanying Java versions

Run GUID uninstaller that will remove all versions of 64 bit Java as the latest version of 64 bit will remain if it were installed.

Installed extensions are found in your AppData foldet

C:\Users\your usename\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp your version\SketchUp\Plugins

To manually remove an extension, delete the .rb file with its name and the associated subfolder with the same name as the .rb.

The appdata folder is by default hidden. You can access it by typing %appdata% to the Search window in your taskbar or by making hidden files and folders visible in your Windows Explorer settings.

Ok, thank you for the update, Paintitb1ack. If you do not see \Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE, then please make sure you have hidden files and folders selected as being visible. The Common Files folder is hidden by default under Windows.

You can find details on how to toggle this setting at -us/help/14201/windows-show-hidden-files . If you have been unable to locate the \Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE and rename this folder then it co

Paintitb1ack, please make sure to complete the steps listed in Adobe Creative Cloud, needed to resolve this problem, is missing or damaged as suggested by Kglad in message #1. The solutions listed include a utility which can be utilized to remove the current installation of the Creative Cloud desktop app. Based on your most recent post it does not appear you have completed solution two through 4 listed in the document.