How to properly uninstall/reinstall Ubuntu One on Windows XP?

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Published on 2012-06-26T08:55:30Z Indexed on 2012/06/26 9:22 UTC
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I had previously installed an Ubuntu One client as a test on a Windows XP machine. Now I wanted to change the account for the client to a production one but had problems changing the email address so decided to do a reinstall.

  • Ran uninstall.
  • Downloaded ubuntuone-3.0.2-windows-installer.exe.
  • It downloads, goes through the unpacking/install – strangely some of the messages say updating as if it was replacing something that was already there.
  • I do not get the setup/signin screen. There is no ubuntu% processes running. The Program files/ubuntuone directory exists with data and dist folders.
  • The U icon is on the desktop – pointing at ubuntuone/dist/ubuntuone-control-panel-qt.exe but this does not run.

Ran uninstall again, deleted Program files/ubuntuone directory, removed any ubuntu entries for registry, rebooted. Downloaded install again - exactly the same as above.

How can I uninstall Ubuntu One to get a clean reinstall? Or force the install to continue after downloading/unpacking?

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