bori85 Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 i deleted all my fallout 3 files manually (i thought) but i think i just figured out for myself that the uninstalling issues that existed with oblivion end up here too..my DLCs were in my data folder at the time and now that ive deleted them LIVE can't reinstall them and won't acknowledge that the files dont exist anymore. is there anything i can do now or have i lost them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkleiss Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 You have the disks right? Make sure to use the uninstaller - like from the control panel --> Add / Remove Programs. Remove everything Fallout 3 related then delete your fallout folder and all its sub-folders. You save games are in My Documents/MyGames\Fallout3 so you won't loose those by doing this. Then just re-install from the very beginning, then game, the DLCs, everything. That should work for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonger Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 have you tried restoring your missing files from the recycle bin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bori85 Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 i've already reinstalled the game and all, i uninstalled them by going into the fallout 3 folders and deleting all the files to clear disk space from mods, then when i put the disk in the other day it went through the uninstalling procedure of its own. The issue according to LIVE is that the DLC's can't find the uninstalling path, and all the files concerning them are deleted and long out of my recycle bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkleiss Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 That's why you have to use the uninstaller tool in control panel. Deleting the files does not remove the registry entries which are now pointing to files that don't exist, and storing other info that is incorrect, like whether you have a DLC installed or not. Just follow all the steps I mentioned and it will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bori85 Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 alright thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 You can try running a registry cleaner, I recommend CCleaner, available here: http://majorgeeks.com/CCleaner_Slim_No_Yahoo_Toolbar_English_d4191.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bori85 Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share Posted July 14, 2010 I did the control panel uninstall which was basically just what I did before (after I deleted all the files in the folder it still made me go through an automatic uninstall) and used the registry cleaner but windows live is still reporting a problem whenever i try to uninstall the DLCs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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