Removing unwanted software
wes_h:
This has become a mission here.
I have this program "Windows Movie Maker" that came with Windows XP SP2.
No uninstall for it. No windows component removal tool.
So I deleted everything, except the folder, C:\Program Files\Movie Maker.
The folder "can't be deleted" (something has a lock on it).
However, the executable (moviemk.exe) and 8 additional DLLs keep returning.
I scanned everything for viruses.
I deleted keys from the registry. One refused to be deleted.
I tried stopping all sorts of services, but so far haven't located what MicroScrap code keeps restoring these files.
So, anyone have any SERIOUS idea where to look next? I know there is something somewhere that controls this. The MS site says that it is part of the operating system and isn't suppposed to be deleted. I just hate the idea that I have to keep this just 'cause "they say so".
J. M. Pescado:
It's probably lurking in the dllcache of the "system file restorer thingamajigus". Search for all files by those names. there's probably one hiding inside the system folders themselves. KILL THEM ALL!
jrd:
You can't really uninstall it or fully remove it. Why do you want to anyway?
You can try though. First remove the following files from C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache :
moviemk.exe
wmmutil.dll
wmmfilt.dll
wmmres.dll
If you get any warning messages, ignore them. Then delete all the files from the movie maker folder itself.
wes_h:
Thanks, Jordi. I knew the files, just hadn't found the dllcache where they wer lurking.
That's the directory. So far, I can't delete the directory itself, even though all the files are gone. I'll have to look in the registry to see if it's specified there.
I used the program a little, and decided it was pretty lame.
Then it started crashing after I erroneously allowed Media Player to upgrade to version 11.
I rolled Media Player back to 10, but couldn't get rid of all of Movie Maker.
I think no one should HAVE to allow MS drivel like that on their computer, that's the biggest reason I want to get rid of it.
numaari:
I got rid of a whole bunch of stuff like that. Didn't use it, didn't want it. Was told that it was just a part of Windows, and if I didn't want to use it, just IGNORE it.
I wish I hadn't done it. Everything still works, but when I use my software management program, it has wierd holes and invalid stuff where the Windows stuff had been. Bugs me worse than the actual unused stuff did. Sigh.
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