Removing Nero

I recently upgraded from Win 98 to Win 98SE

Well, not really --since i wasn't able to get an upgrade edition, I had to
reinstall from scratch.

But when I tried to reinstall Nero (which came with my CD writer) the INCD
formatting option would not install. It never worked properly anyway.

When I tried to uninstall it, however, it seems that it did not uninstall
properly either.

When I reboot, it often takes about 2 hours of pressing the reset button
because of the message "Windows protection error. You must restart your
computer" before Windows will actually load.

I checked with Norton Untilities, and found the following message:

The key, "NeroUDFType\shell\open\command," refers to an invalid command entry,
"C:\PROGRA~1\AHEAD\NERO\NERO.EXE "%1"."

When I tried to correct it by deleting the invalid registry entry, it reported
"Repaid failed".

Does anyone know how to make the repair succeed, other than reformatting the
disk, reinstalling Windows, and destroying the Nero installation disk so I'm
never tempted to install it again?


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

Replace the registry with a back up that predates the installation of Nero.

If this problem is less than five days old, restore a copy of the registry
that predates the onset of the problem and see if that helps. The five-day
limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If it is not booted
every day, you may have an old enough registry backup that you can use even
though more than five days have elapsed. Note that any registry changes
made after the date of the restored registry will be lost.

Ways of restoring the W98 registry include:

On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS Mode. At the
Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter.

Boot to the boot menu by holding down either the ctrl or F8 key after the
ram count occurs on the boot screen. Select Command Prompt Only and at the
C: prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter.

Boot with the W98 start up floppy disk--CDRom support doesn't matter. At
the A: prompt, type: C: and hit enter. At the C: prompt, type: CD
Windows\Command and hit enter. At the Command prompt, type: scanreg
/restore and hit enter.

Once the registry restore screen appears, select the date of the registry
that you wish to restore by highlighting it and then click enter. If you
see a registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the registry that has
already been replaced.


--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Steve Hayes" wrote in message
...
I recently upgraded from Win 98 to Win 98SE

Well, not really --since i wasn't able to get an upgrade edition, I had to
reinstall from scratch.

But when I tried to reinstall Nero (which came with my CD writer) the INCD
formatting option would not install. It never worked properly anyway.

When I tried to uninstall it, however, it seems that it did not uninstall
properly either.

When I reboot, it often takes about 2 hours of pressing the reset button
because of the message "Windows protection error. You must restart your
computer" before Windows will actually load.

I checked with Norton Untilities, and found the following message:

The key, "NeroUDFType\shell\open\command," refers to an invalid command
entry,
"C:\PROGRA~1\AHEAD\NERO\NERO.EXE "%1"."

When I tried to correct it by deleting the invalid registry entry, it
reported
"Repaid failed".

Does anyone know how to make the repair succeed, other than reformatting
the
disk, reinstalling Windows, and destroying the Nero installation disk so
I'm
never tempted to install it again?


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop
uk

Nero General CleanTool:
http://ww2.nero.com/nero6/en/General_CleanTool.html

InCD CleanTool:
http://ww2.nero.com/nero6/en/InCD_CleanTool.html

--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Steve Hayes" wrote in message
...
I recently upgraded from Win 98 to Win 98SE

Well, not really --since i wasn't able to get an upgrade edition, I had to
reinstall from scratch.

But when I tried to reinstall Nero (which came with my CD writer) the INCD
formatting option would not install. It never worked properly anyway.

When I tried to uninstall it, however, it seems that it did not uninstall
properly either.

When I reboot, it often takes about 2 hours of pressing the reset button
because of the message "Windows protection error. You must restart your
computer" before Windows will actually load.

I checked with Norton Untilities, and found the following message:

The key, "NeroUDFType\shell\open\command," refers to an invalid command entry,
"C:\PROGRA~1\AHEAD\NERO\NERO.EXE "%1"."

When I tried to correct it by deleting the invalid registry entry, it reported
"Repaid failed".

Does anyone know how to make the repair succeed, other than reformatting the
disk, reinstalling Windows, and destroying the Nero installation disk so I'm
never tempted to install it again?


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk