Lawrence wrote:
>i then tried to uninstall from the control panel, but in the control panel
>autocad does not appear: there is however a very large empty space between
>"alcatel" and "avg">>


1. Open in Safe Mode and see if it then appears in Add/Remove.

2. Open the program folder and see if there is an "unwise" or 
"uninstall".exe. Try uninstalling from that.

3. A long shot---Right click the program's .exe file, click 
Properties/compatibility, and set it to W98. It might run in the W98 
environment.

4. Delete the folder and then do a registry restore if you have made 
backups from before you installed it. Or do a System Restore.

5. Just delete the folder, then clean the registry with a good registry 
cleaner (not ideal, but better than nothing). This won't eliminate any 
files installed in the Windows folder, but they won't do any harm.

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