Vista failing to uninstall maya 8.5

[Alexandros]

I am trying to uninstall maya v8.5 from my laptop which runs windows vista professional. First time I got a message saying that I should have administrator rights to uninstall this software (which I have) and then, there is no message appearing but the software won't uninstall. Does anybody know how to fix this?

 

[z3r010]

Hi Alexandros

How are you trying to uninstall the program? From the control panel "programs and settings" section or from an uninstall link in the maya folder.

 

[Alexandros]

Actually I tried both ways, and the result is the same.
The "preparing to remove" and " please wait while windows configures maya 8.5 -gathering required information" processes take too long, around 10minutes. Afterwards I am asked from windows to allow an unidentified program that wants to acess my computer. I allow it. Finally after waiting for anther 5 minutes while the " please wait while windows configures maya 8.5 - time remaining...." window, nothing happens and maya is not uninstalled. This doesn't happen with other software.

 

[z3r010]

Very strange, have you tried right clicking on the uninstall link and selecting run as administrator?

 

[Asky]

IIRC Autodesk has released Service Pack 1 for Maya 8.5 .
If you were trying to Uninstall it because of issues try and install the SP1 and see if those issues are resolved [One of those could be the Uninstall problem ]

Alternatively if you have another User Account try and see if it Uninstalls from there.

 

[Alexandros]

it worked by right klicking the uninstall link and run as administrator. Thanks.

 

[Alexandros]

I didn't know about the service pack 1 release for maya 8.5. I will upgrade. Thanks