I can't uninstall avg 8?

Question

It says uninstall failed. how do I uninstall it?

Answer 1

If you are using Vista then you probably need to acquire Administrator Rights before you do it. If you're using XP then the quickest way is probably to re-install it, reboot and then uninstall it. Hopefully it will work this time!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Use a free tool called Revo uninstaller.Its an excellent program.Trying to uninstall avg manually is a bad idea

Answer 4

go to drive C: and the Program files and then find AVG 8 and delete after that try to uninstall it again

Answer 5

Not sure about AVG but some anti virus programs need to be stoped in services first.

Admin tools:

Services:

then stop AVG service

Answer 6

sometimes you can't uninstall if the program is running (an it won't shut down automatically)



Manually shutdown AVG and try again,



But, I think Bills answer is better - hence the thumbs up from me

Answer 7

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Answer 8

If you already have another version on your computer, remove it first. I had the same problem. It worked after removed my previous version.