April 24, 2003, 19:49
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AAAIIIEEE!!!!! help!
i'm attempting to install civ 3, however, it got stopped in the middle of the sound files via the cat jumping on the keyboard. now, it won't run properly, and i need to know how to remove civ3 from the registry after it's been manually deleted.
can anyone help me out?
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April 24, 2003, 19:50
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you can't just install it right over the old registry entries?
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April 24, 2003, 19:52
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cod do civ 3
any help?
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April 24, 2003, 19:57
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unfortunately, no. i can't re-install over the old registry. it asks me to un-uninstall first, but refuses to actually uninstall. and "Cod do civ 3" doesn't help me at all...
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April 24, 2003, 20:03
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try formatting drive hard, may work for yoy 
tell me if i help?
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April 24, 2003, 20:14
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... i'm at my cousn's house. i seriously doubt that she would appreciate that. come on... there's got to be a way around this...
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April 24, 2003, 20:18
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Settler
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prehaps cousin not mind you if you stealed the computer sneakly from her and format it 
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April 24, 2003, 20:24
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granted, she's always away on business trips... but ... no. i don't think i'll reformat C:\
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April 24, 2003, 20:27
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why yoy type italic, is to mock me?
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April 24, 2003, 20:35
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::shakes head and looks at crotch's join date:: ... ask someone that used to go to the old alpha.owo boards...
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nah... it's something of a trademark of mine, along with the **evil grin**
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April 24, 2003, 20:40
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join date is false of my real self
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April 24, 2003, 20:49
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indeed... but my join date is truly mine... damn... has it been four years already? i could also wear the title of "Apolyton Legend" should i see that fit, however, that is a can of worms best left untouched at the moment...
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April 24, 2003, 21:30
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Deity
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 Editing the system register is tricky at the best of times - and you can end up creating worse problems then you have now. Does the computer have more than one harddrive? If so, trying to install the program on the other drive might help your situation...but the only way to completely remove the partial install would be by editing the register, but I'm not even going to try and guide you in that endevour - I know my "computer savy" limits!  
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April 24, 2003, 21:59
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I would download a Registry cleaner. There's plenty of the available for a free trial. Since you've deleted the folder's that contained the games' files, the registry cleaner should clear the registry of any Civ 3 remains. Then you could do a fresh install of Civ 3. 
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April 24, 2003, 22:02
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Deity
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 Ah, good suggestion BigFree! I didn't even consider that option.
I suggest you download the program by performing a Google ( http: www.google.com ) search for regedit.
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April 24, 2003, 22:11
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Deity
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ZDNet has a free downloadable version of RegEdit Light 2.0:
http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2401-912825.html
EDIT: I have also stumbled across a register cleaner program. This is the program that you probably want to use: Here is where you can download it:
http://www.createwindow.com/wininfo/regclean.htm
EDIT 2: Oops! This program is not compatible with Windows XP. 
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Last edited by Wittlich; April 24, 2003 at 22:17.
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April 24, 2003, 22:26
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Deity
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My partner just made a comment -
You are using Windows XP, right?
If so, just go back and restore the computer to one or two days ago (before you tried to install Civ)
From your Start menu, click on:
Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Restore.
This will give you the option of restoring the system back to a privious date/time period. Rather simple, now that I think about it. Thanks John! (to my partner) 
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April 24, 2003, 23:46
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wittlich: thanks! that worked...!
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April 25, 2003, 04:22
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i was going to give that idea you to but i forgot what it did
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April 25, 2003, 10:25
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Deity
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Good to hear that the crisis has been deverted Self Biased.
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