Problems installing and uninstalling Applications

Hi, suggest you do a couple more basic checks first:

a. check your disk e.g. Crystal Diskinfo (free)
b. run
chkdsk c: /scan
from an admin command or Powershell prompt

If those are ok, then assuming what you mean by

add remove programs no luck, Revo no luck either, both get stuck.

is actually that running the program's own installer- which Revo runs first- fails in both cases

and that you only have the free version of Revo

then you can used 'Forced uninstall' approache using a 3rd party program (which Revo can do, Pro) e.g. using Wise uninstaller, which does offer this in its free version.

Thus you launch Wise Uninstaller, start Custom Uninstall (rt most button) browse to part of the program you wish to uninstall e.g. the main exe file and proceed.


Note that sometimes it's necessary to trace other relics of a partly uninstalled program and repeat this.

Note too that Revo Pro e.g. provides a monitoring feature when installing programs, which can be used to uninstall them based on the log created.


However, this

I couldn't Uninstall any Microsoft Visual C++

suggests you may have more basic problems e.g. service not running, or other corruption.

I note you ignored this forum prompt:

if i had something corrupt wouldn't "sfc /scannow" tell me?

No. This only verifies your system files- just part of what's on your disk.

It says nothing about
- other files on your PC
- partitions other than C:
- unused space
- weak or reallocated sectors
etc.

The two other checks do something quite different

As I see no clear outcomes, please post screenshots of
a. Crystal Disinfo or similar (SMART parameters) - Hard Disk Sentinel (trial/free features) is excellent
b. chkdsk being run as above.

Thanks.

Thanks, as your disk is good, you might try an in-place upgrade repair install which keeps all progs and data and most settings - same as any upgrade.

However this will not repair problems which are profile specific.

i think i might have messed something with the reg by trying to clean it,

Registry cleaners are NOT recommended here- no one's ever found any performance benefit by dong so that I know of.

Di your cleaner create a backup you can use, or do you have a suitable System Restore point?

As you have 20H2 you can use the MS media creation tool to download an iso file.

Check you have at least 30Gb free on C:
rt click iso file, click Mount
open the new drive letter created
double click setup.exe

Recommended: create a current dsk image of all the O/S partitions before starting. E,g, Macrum Reflect (free) - so very often recommended to be used routinely and regularly to give you a 2nd chance in many cases when things go badly wrong, and possibly avoiding the need for a clean install if you've been using it, depending on when the problem occured.

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Should you decide on a clean install, then as early as possible in configuring your system start using disk imaging regularly (Macrium Reflect- free + large enough external disk).

Here's what I do:
a. Install Windows, install Macrium R as early as I can. Create my 1st (base) disk image of all Windows' partitions (4 for UEFI) + a backup job
b. Make notes on changes
c. Create a differential image (smaller, faster, representing the changes from the base image

Repeat b,c

Should something go wrong, I can restore a disk image.

After an upgrade or in-place upgrade repair install, start from (a) again.

The very act of disk imaging also checks the integrity of all of the files on the partitions imaged.