In order to re-install DVD Movie Factory 7, we recommend completely removing all traces of DVD Movie Factory manually. The following steps guide you through a complete removal of the application.
Before removing Corel DVD MovieFactory 7, ensure that Corel DVD MovieFactory is not running, and that any of the utilities that are installed with it are also turned off, such as Quick Drop 3 and Burn Now 4.5.
Only delete the folders if they exist, and you permission to do so on the system. If one cannot delete a folder, try renaming the folder by adding ".old" to the name of the folder.
As with installing a program, the user should ensure full administrator privileges before removing Corel DVD MovieFactory 7.
Uninstall the Program from the Control Panel
Open your Windows Control Panel, and select "Add or Remove Programs" (In Windows Vista it is called "Programs and Features" or "Uninstall Program")
Select Corel DVD Movie Factory 7" from the list
Click on the "Remove" or "Uninstall" button. (Sometimes it is called "Change/Remove")
Use Windows Install Cleanup Utility
Microsoft has created a utility to remove programs that are unable to install properly. This utility makes sure that a program no longer appears in the Control Panel’s "Add or Remove Programs’. It can be found in the article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
Once it is installed, find the program (in Start -> All Programs), and run it. The program will show you a list of programs and components that are still installed on one’s computer.
One of the entries will be "Corel DVD MovieFactory 7". If you find an entry with that name, highlight it, and click the "Remove" button, and hit "Exit" when done.
Show Hidden Files and Folders
One will need to show hidden files and folders on the computer:
On Windows XP: Show Hidden Program or System Files
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/hiddenfiles.mspx
On Windows Vista: Show hidden files
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/windows/en-US/help/27e9a81a-fac7-457f-896b-e0017a04a59f1033.mspx
Deleting Left Behind Program Folders
The following folders will need to be erased if they exist on your computer.
One can reach them through "My Computer" which may be accessed through the Start button, or sometimes on the Desktop. On Vista, this will simply be named "Computer".
In the first folder below, one would double click on the C: drive, and then "Documents and Settings", and the folder named after your username.
At the very end, when we reach the "Corel" folder, there will be a "Corel DVD MovieFactory 7" folder, which is the one we are looking to erase by right clicking on the folder and clicking on "Delete". If one cannot delete the folder, try renaming it, by adding the words ".OLD" to the folder name.
Go to the folder "C:\Program Files\Corel\"
and delete the folder: "Corel DVD MovieFactory 7"
Go to the folder "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information"
and delete the folder: "{218D2E7E-37A9-4B5D-B4A1-13FD6B8B9D17}"
Go to the folder "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information"
and delete the folder: "{BB8AE808-F003-4C7F-B56B-8C80EEAFFE23}"
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER Corel or uLead Programs: go to the folder "C:\Program Files\Common Files\"
and delete the folder: "Ulead Systems"
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER LightScribe Programs: go to the folder "C:\Program Files\Common Files\"
and delete the folder: "LightScribe"
For Windows XP only:
Replace [User Name] with your userprofile account name.
Go to the folder "C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\Ulead Systems\Corel DVD MovieFactory\"
and delete the folder: "7.0"
Go to the folder "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Ulead Systems\Corel DVD MovieFactory\"
and delete the folder: "7.0"
For Windows Vista only:
Replace [User Name] with your userprofile account name.
Go to the folder "C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Ulead Systems\Corel DVD MovieFactory\"
and delete the folder "7.0"
Go to the folder "C:\ProgramData\Ulead Systems\Corel DVD MovieFactory\"
and delete the folder "7.0"
Deleting the Program and User settings from the Windows Registry
The second place to remove Corel DVD MovieFactory's settings is in the Windows registry.
Use the Run command to type in "regedit" and hit "Okay".
You may also be asked to "Continue" with Administrator priviledges. Please hit "Continue".
On the left hand column will be a list of items, with My Computer at the top left.
To erase the the first item in the example below, one would double click on "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" on the left hand side, so that it opens up and shows more items underneath it. One would then repeat the process to open up "Software" and then "Ulead Systems".
At the very end, when we reach the "Corel DVD MovieFactory" folder, we would erase the "DVD9" folder, by right clicking on it, and hitting Delete.
Erase the following locations if they exist.
On Windows XP: Click on the Start button and then click on Run.
On Windows Vista: Start a program by using the Run command, see:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win dows/en-US/Help/233aa6eb-2962-4954-a23f-4ba57fb54c1c1033.mspx
Go to: "HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Ulead Systems/Corel DVD MovieFactory/"
and delete the folder: "7.0"
Go to: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Ulead Systems/Corel DVD MovieFactory/"
and delete the folder: "7.0"
Go to: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Uninstall/"
and delete the folder: "{218D2E7E-37A9-4B5D-B4A1-13FD6B8B9D17}"
Go to: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Uninstall/"
and delete the folder: "{BB8AE808-F003-4C7F-B56B-8C80EEAFFE23}"
Delete the Temporary Folders using the Disk Cleanup Utility
For Windows XP: see Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312
For Windows Vista: see Delete files using Disk Cleanup
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win dows/en-US/help/1264bc24-72a8-48aa-84e3-a355327139d91033.mspx
One should ensure that the "Temporary Folders" are cleaned up.
Reboot the Computer
We can now delete any folders that were previously renamed with a ".OLD" extension, as well as delete any shortcuts that remain to DVD MovieFactory on your desktop and in Start --> All Programs.
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