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May 8, 2009
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In serious need of help. Can't uninstall Coldfusion 8

  • May 8, 2009
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I installed coldfusion 8. I set myself up with an administrator account. I'm on an Acer windows vista 32 bit computer. All the updates for windows are installed. When I try to uninstall CF8 it tells me that I don't have enough access....I'M THE ADMIN!! Two questions: WHY is it doing this and HOW do I fix this? I have the CFMX Application Development book (6) and MX Studio. So I thought I'd get back into it. I really need some help here.

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    Mihai Baboi
    Mihai Baboi
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    May 8, 2009

    On Windows Vista you never have full administrator rights. Even though you have an administrator account, only the user named Administrator has full rights and ownership over the system (kind of like the root account on Linux). However, you can bipass this, by turning off the UAC (User Account Control) witch gives you full access to the system. To do this, go to the Control Panel and switch to Classic View. Go to the User Accounts section and click on "Turn User Account Control on or off". Uncheck the Use User Account Control checkbox and click ok. After rebooting your system, you should have full access. I recommend turning UAC back on after you solve your problem (I hope it solves the problem), but it's up to you. Please let me know if this does the trick.

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    CypherSteelAuthor
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    May 8, 2009

    The message I get (and this is even when I'm in the hidden Administrator account) is that I don't have enough access to uninstall CF. How can this be fixed?

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    CypherSteelAuthor
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    May 8, 2009

    Ok. I fixed it. For anyone else having this issue: find the uninstaller, right click and Run as Administrator.

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    CypherSteelAuthor
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    May 8, 2009

    I had the UAC off. And I was in the Super admin account (the hidden one) and it still didn't work. But my method worked thatnkfully. Thanks for your help !

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