Note: This article applies to uninstalling/reinstalling Easy CD
Creator 4 only, if you are using Easy CD Creator 5, please refer to
articles numbered 3321, 3470, or 3478 if you can find where the
KnowledgeBase has gone to.
Note: if you are running Windows NT or 2000, login as ADMINISTRATOR,
not just a user with administrative rights.
1. Click Start button and select “Setting” then “Control Panel” menu
options.
2. Select the “Add/Remove” programs icon.
3. Select and remove all Easy CD Creator programs and remove all
shared files when prompted.
Next Clean Easy CD Creator completely from your system:
1. Go to “Start” and then to “My Computer” and select it.
2. Go into your C:\ drive (C:\ is default install drive, compensate
accordingly if you installed in another location)
3. Go into the “Program Files” Folder
4. Look for a “Adaptec” folder and if found delete it
5. Look for a “Direct CD” folder and if found delete it
6. Go into the “Common Files” Folder
7. Look for an “Adaptec” and/or “Adaptec Shared” folder and if found
delete them.
8. Go into the “InstallShield” Folder (C:\Program Files\Common
File\InstallShield and rename the “Engine” and “IScript” folders to
“Engine.ROX” and “Iscript.ROX”
9. Go to “Start” then “Search”, look in C:\ (or the drive where your
operating system is located) and search for:
Cdr4vsd.sys or .vxd
Cdr4dll.dll or .vsd
Cdrpwd.vxd
Cdralvsd.vxd
Cdral.dll
Cdrtc.dll
Enginst.exe
Uneng.exe
10. Rename any of those files you can find, changing their extensions
to .ROX
(Right click on the file name and choose “rename”)
WARNING: THE NEXT 6 STEPS INVOLVES EDITING YOUR SYSTEM REGISTRY. ROXIO
STRONGLY RECOMMENDS YOU EXPORT YOUR REGISTRY BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY
EDITING. EDITING YOUR REGISTRY INCORRECTLY CAN CAUSE IRREPARABLE SYSTEM
DAMAGE. THEY RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE EDITING YOUR
REGISTRY THAT YOU SKIP THESE STEPS. (Despite that, these steps are
necessary to cleanly uninstall version 4 from your system. I suspect the
above paragraph is only there to satisfy the lawyers)
1. Click Start button and select “Run” menu option.
2. Type “regedit” and click OK button.
3. Select Hkey Current User/software and remove the following key:
Adaptec
4. Select Hkey Local Machine/software and remove the following key:
Adaptec
5. Exit the registry editor.
6. Perform system restart.
Note: if you are running Windows NT or 2000, login as ADMINISTRATOR,
not just a user with administrative rights.