Posts by Spooky

1) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Uninstalled but its still there (Message 95647)
Posted 4 Feb 2020 by Spooky
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Even after a reboot it wouldn't let me rename or delete the folder.
I was however allowed to rename all the .exe files. So it was some other file in the folder being in use.

The 2 "Current_user" registry entries, I Guess those have to be deleted for every user account right?
2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Uninstalled but its still there (Message 95638)
Posted 3 Feb 2020 by Spooky
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It shouldn't run. I killed it for all users in task manager --> users --> boinc
Can't see it run under any of the users.
I'll try again after I restart the server. I have to wait til after business hours.
3) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Uninstalled but its still there (Message 95636)
Posted 3 Feb 2020 by Spooky
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So I'm sure if I remove those entries and the folder that I won't be getting error messages at startup can't find boincmgr.exe or simular?
Since something is very strange with this installation I'm afraid there might be other entries in the registry or something.

But I'll try deleting the things you suggest and if it still tries to start I guess I'll just have to search the registry for boinc.

Thanks for Your help.

Edit: I first tried to rename the boinc folder to boinc_ just in case. But it won't let me, says: the action can't be completed because the folder or a file in it is open in another program. I get the same msg if I try to delete.
4) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Uninstalled but its still there (Message 95634)
Posted 3 Feb 2020 by Spooky
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Now this is even stranger. Checked on one of the other users. The boinc manager is not in his start menu.
I'm gonna start the boincmgr.exe when his computer isn't in use and uncheck startup in options.

And do the same for the other users. But I'd really like to get this completely removed.

Edit: Have done it now. When I start boincmgr from the other user accounts. I get "error 0: the operation completed successfully" I press ok and the boinc manager starts.
5) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Uninstalled but its still there (Message 95633)
Posted 3 Feb 2020 by Spooky
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[---] Running under account administrator.

So its user mode. It has only been installed once.

Boinc is not listed under services.
6) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Uninstalled but its still there (Message 95630)
Posted 3 Feb 2020 by Spooky
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- See if there's anything about BOINC in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run (should have boincmgr.exe /a /s)
See if there's anything about BOINC in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run (should have boinctray.exe)

Those two are there

- See if there's anything in C:\Users\Your Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup (should not have anything)

This one is empty

- C:\Program Files\BOINC\

Folder is intact with all files including the .exe files Boinc.exe , boinccmd.exe , boincmgr.exe , boincscr.exe , boincsvcctrl.exe and boinctray.exe

So apparently the only thing the uninstall did was to remove boinc from the add/remove programs list.

Atleast thanks to your help I hopefully have stopped it from starting automaticly from the options --> other options.

But will that stop it for all users. I see it starts for every user logging on to the server.
7) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Uninstalled but its still there (Message 95627)
Posted 3 Feb 2020 by Spooky
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I don't get an option to uninstall when I run the installer.
First is agree the License agreement.
Next is folders to install to. Program Directory and data Directory.

So apparently the installer doesn't know its installed. So how can boinc start at boot?
Also when I run Shell:startup and Shell:common startup
The boinc Client isn't there, so I don't understand how it starts at boot.
Can't find anywhere in the Client settings to stop it from auto start at boot either.
8) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Uninstalled but its still there (Message 95625)
Posted 3 Feb 2020 by Spooky
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I had installed BOINC on a win2016 server. Not long after the server started to BSOD.
So I uninstalled boinc from add remove programs in Control panel. Everything seemed to be fine. Boinc was removed from the list of installed programs in Control panel.

But when I restarted the server boinc loaded at startup. The folder with files are intact.
How can I remove it? Or at least stop it from starting automaticly on boot.

Do I have to reinstall it and try to uninstall it again? Or could that give me a double installation I can't get rid of?



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