My friend can't install DMD 2.076.0 after he deleted contents of C:\D

[Andre Kostur]

On 2017-09-16 10:33 PM, rikki cattermole wrote:
> On 17/09/2017 6:30 AM, Enjoys Math wrote:
>>
>> Series of messages from installer:
>>
>> DMD v2.076.0 is installed on your system
>> Press 'OK' to replace by DMD 2.076.0
>> An error occurred when removing DMD v2.076.0
>> Run 'dmd-2.076.0.exe /f to force install
>>
>> And using the command line has no effect - it repeats the above.
>>
>> He got into this situation by accidentally installing Visual Studio 
>> and / or Visual D to C:\D where I told him to install D to.
>>
>> At one point I told him to delete everything in C:\D and start over. 
>> *That* was a mistake...
>>
>> He's used a trial version of Revo-Uninstaller to remove contents of 
>> registry.  The issue remains.  How can we repair his system so that we 
>> can install D on it again?
>>
>> Thanks.
> 
> Skip Revo-Uninstaller, no idea why you'd ever use such trial software.
> Anyway what you want is CCleaner, standard software that all Windows 
> installs should have on hand.
> 
> That should remove all references to VS quite happily. It does a lot 
> more than just modify the registry too :)

Be sure to check the latest news on CCleaner... it's been reported as 
being compromised.  Be sure to get a clean version.  (I've not used it 
as I'm not on a Windows machine.)