Solution to an error while uninstalling Adobe AIR

Air is a cross-platform runtime library produced by Adobe, where developers can use existing web development technologies (Flash,flex,html,javas Cript,ajax) to build rich Internet applications and deploy them as desktop applications. I installed Adobe AIR a long time ago, because the flash application was taken with this, which is equivalent to a support library.

See a new version of 3.5, and then intend to update, but very hard, update installation and uninstall when all prompted:

"An error occurred while uninstalling Adobe AIR. Administrators may not be allowed to uninstall this software. Please contact the administrator. ”

Very depressed say, can't install new edition, the old version also unload not to drop, why can this kind of thing appear?

Generally speaking, online summary has so several:

1. You do not uninstall clean, with XXX uninstall clean reload.

2. Clean up and reload with the cleaning tools provided by Microsoft.

3. Set down folder permissions to reload

4. Set up administrator privileges and reload

......

There are many ways, have tried, no effect.

After a long time, CC found that this should be Adobe's anti-cracking measures, as long as the detection of a shielding Adobe detection facilities related settings, prohibit installation.

Adobe AIR V3.5.0.880 Official edition

In general, our machines are equipped with Adobe pirated products, such as green Resource Network small photo shop, Adobe Dreamweaver and so on these adobe produced things, but are cracked version, I was hand-cracked, changed some registry, but also changed the hosts, So be found, should also be within the scope of reason ...

But, can't you unload these? So, I got a "good" approach:

If you need to install, then perform these two steps, if just uninstall, the first step will be done.

The first step, if you have already installed air:

Delete the Adobe AIR folder to%commonprogramfiles%

Delete the "AIR" folder to%localappdata%adobe

Delete the "AIR" folder to%appdata%adobe

Delete the "AIR" folder to%programdata%adobe

Delete the "Airappinstaller" folder to%programfiles%adobeflash Playeraddins

Then, run Regedit.exe, open Registry Editor, menu-> edit-> Lookup, enter. Air, search for a registry directory, and delete the registry directory named. Air.

The second step, if you have not installed air or you install air, but has been done in accordance with the first edition:

Find the installation package for your downloaded air, right-click-> Properties-> compatibility, choose Windows XP SP3 (Note: CC is the WIN7 system, so choose XPSP3, if you are a XPSP3 user, you can choose a lower than your version, But more than the WIN2000 option), if it is the WIN7 system, by the way the following option to run in admin mode also hook up, and then point to apply.

Double-click to open the installation package, installed on the line ~

Comments: According to the above two steps, easy to solve this problem. But why is this going to work out? CC thinks, should be we set the compatibility option, the system for this installer has assigned a new environment, that is to deceive the installer, so that the installation program can not detect some other things, not detected, then install the program can continue to install the ~