Image Composer - Suddenly I'm Getting "Uninstall Webshots"

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Suddenly I'm Getting "Uninstall Webshots"

David Zimmerman

2004-09-02, 7:14 pm

When I start my Windows 2000 computer, a button appears at
the bottom of the screen that says "Uninstall Webshots".
At the same time a small dialog box appears that
says "Webshots Not Found". I have deleted all jpeg and
bitmap images from my computer but the button and dialog
box reappear every time I open or restart the computer.

1) Why am I getting this?

2) How can I stop this?

Thanks to anyone with insight about this.

Walter Donavan

2004-09-02, 11:14 pm

Webshots has nothing to do, per se, with images or lack thereof on your
computer. Deleting the images won't make the error go away. Webshots is
apparently a program, and you have to somehow satisfy Windows' need to have
it uninstalled. You might try these steps:

1. Download and install a small registry tool called RegSeeker.
Tell it to search your registry for all occurrences of the string "Webshots"
(no quotes).
If it finds any, delete them.

2. Also run MSCONFIG, open the Startup tab, and see if Webshots appears. If
so, uncheck it and reboot.

2a. Also run TweakUI and if Webshots is listed among the installed programs,
delete it. This is maintenance only, and won't solve the problem.

3. Similarly, search your hard drive(s) for "Webshots" (again, no quotes)
and delete all occurrences.

These ought to do it.

Walter Donavan

2004-09-02, 11:14 pm

Forgot to mention: use Google to find the many RegSeeker download sites.