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I have netbeans 7.3 installed on my laptop, and it is really bugging me because I cannot uninstall it!
If I try to remove it from windows 8 add/remove programs, I get the error;
The specified target component - nb-base/7.3.0.0.201302132200
was not found in the registry. The installer can continue as
if the target component was specified.
Click yes to continue, No to exit the installer.
Clicking no obviously exits and nothing is removed. Clicking yes the installer completes the uninstall very quickly and still nothing is removed, the program is fully functional after.
I have also tried Revo Uninstaller
but netbeans 7.3 doesn't even show up in there.
Can someone please tell me how to remove this program from my computer, either manually or to fix the error so that it can uninstall.
Thank you
@CarlG Answer it yourself and set the answered flag ;) – farosch – 2015-05-11T22:55:25.330
3So just delete the program's directory. It sounds like the registry keys were already removed. – Ramhound – 2013-05-14T17:38:59.970
2And/or perhaps try reinstalling it and then uninstall it again. – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2013-05-14T19:08:40.423
1@Ramhound You were right, this is also why it wasn't showing in revo. I removed the folders, then re-installed, and uninstalled successfully, I have no idea how the registry keys were removed though! – CarlG – 2013-05-14T19:19:05.223
@CarlG - The original installation likely simply failed without your knowlege, you uninstalled it and because their installer sucks, it didn't remove itself. Any number of logical explainations can be thought of. – Ramhound – 2013-05-14T19:21:36.600
Should I delete this question, as it has no answers even though it is solved? – CarlG – 2013-05-14T20:16:14.980
I just ran into this same problem with Netbeans 7.3.1 on Windows 8 and by deleting the Netbeans directory I was able to re-install and then uninstall the program successfully. Thanks! – PhearOfRayne – 2013-07-25T01:32:50.797