RE: Maya 2016 still thinks its installed -

[Sofronis Efstathiou]

Thanks Stephen,

Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately, windows uninstaller doesn’t even 
recognise Maya existence. Let me try Eric’s suggestions, I think it’s to do 
with the registry keys – and Revo may be able to help.

Cheers

Sofronis (Saf) Efstathiou

Principal Lecturer and BFX Competition & Festival Director
Computer Animation Academic Group
National Centre for Computer Animation

Email: sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk>

Tel: +44 (0) 1202 965805

Profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/sofronisefstathiou

Student Work:
http://www.youtube.com/NCCA3DAnimation
http://www.youtube.com/NCCADigitalFX
http://www.youtube.com/NCCAAnimation

[Description: Description: 
C:\Users\sefstathiou\Pictures\nccalogo.jpg]<http://ncca.bournemouth.ac.uk/>  
[Description: Description: C:\Users\sefstathiou\Documents\My 
Dropbox\Work_Files\NCCA\VFXandAnimation_competition\BFX_website\BFX_Website\bfx_logo_facebook.png]
 <http://www.bfxfestival.com/>


[http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/Images/QueensAwardLogo.jpg]

Awarded for world-class computer animation teaching
with wide scientific and creative applications

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair
Sent: 25 January 2016 13:48
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Maya 2016 still thinks its installed -

Look for something like

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Autodesk 
Maya 2016


If you go into Control Panel > Uninstall or change a program, and try to 
uninstall Maya 2016, do you get something like this?
[Inline image 1]

That would allow you remove the Maya entry, and then you should be able to 
re-install

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Sofronis Efstathiou 
<sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk>> wrote:
Hi,

Hopefully someone can help.

I just uninstalled Maya 2016, with the intention to reinstall it this afternoon 
(this occurred after installing Maya 2016 SP5 which completely destroyed it).

Anyway – in a Maya’s magical way – although Maya 2016 is no longer in the 
Control Panel in the Program list, when I run the Autodesk installer – it still 
believes Maya is installed. So I can’t install it again. I kid you not. Maya 
2016 Is also weirdly still on my start menu. I’m on Windows 10.

Maya 2015 still works though. I uninstalled the entire 2016 suite and rebooted 
a number of times. Maya 2016 still exists in its own bubble though - somewhere.

I’ve searched a ton of stuff online – it seems the registry key maybe the 
problem – I have no idea how to get search for it and get rid of it. Anyone 
have any tips? Windows Fixit is not available (for Windows 10) – so can’t use 
that.

Never had this before. Its driving me crazy.

Sofronis (Saf) Efstathiou

Principal Lecturer and BFX Competition & Festival Director
Computer Animation Academic Group
National Centre for Computer Animation

Email: sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk>

Tel: +44 (0) 1202 965805<tel:%2B44%20%280%29%201202%20965805>

Profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/sofronisefstathiou

Student Work:
http://www.youtube.com/NCCA3DAnimation
http://www.youtube.com/NCCADigitalFX
http://www.youtube.com/NCCAAnimation

[Description: Description: 
C:\Users\sefstathiou\Pictures\nccalogo.jpg]<http://ncca.bournemouth.ac.uk/>  
[Description: Description: C:\Users\sefstathiou\Documents\My 
Dropbox\Work_Files\NCCA\VFXandAnimation_competition\BFX_website\BFX_Website\bfx_logo_facebook.png]
 <http://www.bfxfestival.com/>


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Awarded for world-class computer animation teaching
with wide scientific and creative applications

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Re: Maya 2016 still thinks its installed -

[Eric Thivierge]

Recently had a similar issue with the trial. Use Revo Uninstaller if you
can. There is a mode that will search out things in the registry as well.


Eric Thivierge
http://www.ethivierge.com

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Sofronis Efstathiou <
sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> Hopefully someone can help.
>
>
>
> I just uninstalled Maya 2016, with the intention to reinstall it this
> afternoon (this occurred after installing Maya 2016 SP5 which completely
> destroyed it).
>
>
>
> Anyway – in a Maya’s magical way – although Maya 2016 is no longer in the
> Control Panel in the Program list, when I run the Autodesk installer – it
> still believes Maya is installed. So I can’t install it again. I kid you
> not. Maya 2016 Is also weirdly still on my start menu. I’m on Windows 10.
>
>
>
> Maya 2015 still works though. I uninstalled the entire 2016 suite and
> rebooted a number of times. Maya 2016 still exists in its own bubble though
> - somewhere.
>
>
>
> I’ve searched a ton of stuff online – it seems the registry key maybe the
> problem – I have no idea how to get search for it and get rid of it. Anyone
> have any tips? Windows Fixit is not available (for Windows 10) – so can’t
> use that.
>
>
>
> Never had this before. Its driving me crazy.
>
>
>
> Sofronis (Saf) Efstathiou
>
>
>
> Principal Lecturer and BFX Competition & Festival Director
>
> Computer Animation Academic Group
>
> *National Centre for Computer Animation*
>
>
> Email: sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk
>
>
>
> Tel: +44 (0) 1202 965805
>
>
>
> Profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/sofronisefstathiou
>
>
> Student Work:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/NCCA3DAnimation
>
> http://www.youtube.com/NCCADigitalFX
>
> http://www.youtube.com/NCCAAnimation
>
>
>
> [image: Description: Description:
> C:\Users\sefstathiou\Pictures\nccalogo.jpg]
>   [image: Description: Description:
> C:\Users\sefstathiou\Documents\My
> Dropbox\Work_Files\NCCA\VFXandAnimation_competition\BFX_website\BFX_Website\bfx_logo_facebook.png]
> 
>
>
>
>
>
> [image: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/Images/QueensAwardLogo.jpg]
>
>
>
> *Awarded for world-class computer animation teaching *
>
> *with wide scientific and creative applications*
>
>
> BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful
> Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University
> buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages This email is intended
> only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential
> information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the
> sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or
> disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely
> those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth
> University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on
> behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email.
>

Re: Maya 2016 still thinks its installed -

[Stephen Blair]

You could probably figure it out with Process Monitor.
Run Process Monitor when you try to install Maya 2016. As soon as the
installer says that Maya is already installed, then stop Process Monitor.
That should show what registry entries or files the installer is looking at.

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Sofronis Efstathiou <
sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk> wrote:

> Thanks Stephen,
>
>
>
> Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately, windows uninstaller doesn’t
> even recognise Maya existence. Let me try Eric’s suggestions, I think it’s
> to do with the registry keys – and Revo may be able to help.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> Sofronis (Saf) Efstathiou
>
>
>
> Principal Lecturer and BFX Competition & Festival Director
>
> Computer Animation Academic Group
>
> *National Centre for Computer Animation*
>
>
> Email: sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk
>
>
>
> Tel: +44 (0) 1202 965805
>
>
>
> Profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/sofronisefstathiou
>
>
> Student Work:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/NCCA3DAnimation
>
> http://www.youtube.com/NCCADigitalFX
>
> http://www.youtube.com/NCCAAnimation
>
>
>
> [image: Description: Description:
> C:\Users\sefstathiou\Pictures\nccalogo.jpg]
> <http://ncca.bournemouth.ac.uk/>  [image: Description: Description:
> C:\Users\sefstathiou\Documents\My
> Dropbox\Work_Files\NCCA\VFXandAnimation_competition\BFX_website\BFX_Website\bfx_logo_facebook.png]
> <http://www.bfxfestival.com/>
>
>
>
>
>
> [image: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/Images/QueensAwardLogo.jpg]
>
>
>
> *Awarded for world-class computer animation teaching *
>
> *with wide scientific and creative applications*
>
>
>
> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Stephen Blair
> *Sent:* 25 January 2016 13:48
> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> *Subject:* Re: Maya 2016 still thinks its installed -
>
>
>
> Look for something like
>
>
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Autodesk
> Maya 2016
>
>
>
>
>
> If you go into Control Panel > Uninstall or change a program, and try to
> uninstall Maya 2016, do you get something like this?
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
>
>
> That would allow you remove the Maya entry, and then you should be able to
> re-install
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Sofronis Efstathiou <
> sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Hopefully someone can help.
>
>
>
> I just uninstalled Maya 2016, with the intention to reinstall it this
> afternoon (this occurred after installing Maya 2016 SP5 which completely
> destroyed it).
>
>
>
> Anyway – in a Maya’s magical way – although Maya 2016 is no longer in the
> Control Panel in the Program list, when I run the Autodesk installer – it
> still believes Maya is installed. So I can’t install it again. I kid you
> not. Maya 2016 Is also weirdly still on my start menu. I’m on Windows 10.
>
>
>
> Maya 2015 still works though. I uninstalled the entire 2016 suite and
> rebooted a number of times. Maya 2016 still exists in its own bubble though
> - somewhere.
>
>
>
> I’ve searched a ton of stuff online – it seems the registry key maybe the
> problem – I have no idea how to get search for it and get rid of it. Anyone
> have any tips? Windows Fixit is not available (for Windows 10) – so can’t
> use that.
>
>
>
> Never had this before. Its driving me crazy.
>
>
>
> Sofronis (Saf) Efstathiou
>
>
>
> Principal Lecturer and BFX Competition & Festival Director
>
> Computer Animation Academic Group
>
> *National Centre for Computer Animation*
>
>
> Email: sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk
>
>
>
> Tel: +44 (0) 1202 965805
>
>
>
> Profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/sofronisefstathiou
>
>
> Student Work:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/NCCA3DAnimation
>
> http://www.youtube.com/NCCADigitalFX
>
> http://www.youtube.com/NCCAAnimation
>
>
>
> [image: Description: Description:
> C:\Users\sefstathiou\Pictures\nccalogo.jpg]
> <http://ncca.bournemouth.ac.uk/>  [image: Description: Description:
> C:\Users\sefstathiou\Documents\My
> Dropbox\Work_Files\NCCA\VFXandAnimation_competition\BFX_website\BFX_Website\bfx_logo_facebook.png]
> <http://www.bfxfestival.com/>
>
>
>
>
>
> [image: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/Images/QueensAwardLogo.jpg]
>
>
>
> *Awarded for world-class computer animation teaching *
>
> *with wide scientific and creative applications*
>
>
>
>

Re: Maya 2016 still thinks its installed -

[Stephen Blair]

Look for something like

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Autodesk
Maya 2016


If you go into Control Panel > Uninstall or change a program, and try to
uninstall Maya 2016, do you get something like this?
[image: Inline image 1]

That would allow you remove the Maya entry, and then you should be able to
re-install

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Sofronis Efstathiou <
sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> Hopefully someone can help.
>
>
>
> I just uninstalled Maya 2016, with the intention to reinstall it this
> afternoon (this occurred after installing Maya 2016 SP5 which completely
> destroyed it).
>
>
>
> Anyway – in a Maya’s magical way – although Maya 2016 is no longer in the
> Control Panel in the Program list, when I run the Autodesk installer – it
> still believes Maya is installed. So I can’t install it again. I kid you
> not. Maya 2016 Is also weirdly still on my start menu. I’m on Windows 10.
>
>
>
> Maya 2015 still works though. I uninstalled the entire 2016 suite and
> rebooted a number of times. Maya 2016 still exists in its own bubble though
> - somewhere.
>
>
>
> I’ve searched a ton of stuff online – it seems the registry key maybe the
> problem – I have no idea how to get search for it and get rid of it. Anyone
> have any tips? Windows Fixit is not available (for Windows 10) – so can’t
> use that.
>
>
>
> Never had this before. Its driving me crazy.
>
>
>
> Sofronis (Saf) Efstathiou
>
>
>
> Principal Lecturer and BFX Competition & Festival Director
>
> Computer Animation Academic Group
>
> *National Centre for Computer Animation*
>
>
> Email: sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk
>
>
>
> Tel: +44 (0) 1202 965805
>
>
>
> Profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/sofronisefstathiou
>
>
> Student Work:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/NCCA3DAnimation
>
> http://www.youtube.com/NCCADigitalFX
>
> http://www.youtube.com/NCCAAnimation
>
>
>
> [image: Description: Description:
> C:\Users\sefstathiou\Pictures\nccalogo.jpg]
>   [image: Description: Description:
> C:\Users\sefstathiou\Documents\My
> Dropbox\Work_Files\NCCA\VFXandAnimation_competition\BFX_website\BFX_Website\bfx_logo_facebook.png]
> 
>
>
>
>
>
> [image: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/Images/QueensAwardLogo.jpg]
>
>
>
> *Awarded for world-class computer animation teaching *
>
> *with wide scientific and creative applications*
>
>
> BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful
> Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University
> buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages This email is intended
> only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential
> information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the
> sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or
> disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely
> those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth
> University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on
> behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email.
>

Maya 2016 still thinks its installed -

[Sofronis Efstathiou]

Hi,

Hopefully someone can help.

I just uninstalled Maya 2016, with the intention to reinstall it this afternoon 
(this occurred after installing Maya 2016 SP5 which completely destroyed it).

Anyway - in a Maya's magical way - although Maya 2016 is no longer in the 
Control Panel in the Program list, when I run the Autodesk installer - it still 
believes Maya is installed. So I can't install it again. I kid you not. Maya 
2016 Is also weirdly still on my start menu. I'm on Windows 10.

Maya 2015 still works though. I uninstalled the entire 2016 suite and rebooted 
a number of times. Maya 2016 still exists in its own bubble though - somewhere.

I've searched a ton of stuff online - it seems the registry key maybe the 
problem - I have no idea how to get search for it and get rid of it. Anyone 
have any tips? Windows Fixit is not available (for Windows 10) - so can't use 
that.

Never had this before. Its driving me crazy.

Sofronis (Saf) Efstathiou

Principal Lecturer and BFX Competition & Festival Director
Computer Animation Academic Group
National Centre for Computer Animation

Email: sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0) 1202 965805

Profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/sofronisefstathiou

Student Work:
http://www.youtube.com/NCCA3DAnimation
http://www.youtube.com/NCCADigitalFX
http://www.youtube.com/NCCAAnimation

[Description: Description: 
C:\Users\sefstathiou\Pictures\nccalogo.jpg]  
[Description: Description: C:\Users\sefstathiou\Documents\My 
Dropbox\Work_Files\NCCA\VFXandAnimation_competition\BFX_website\BFX_Website\bfx_logo_facebook.png]
 


[http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/Images/QueensAwardLogo.jpg]

Awarded for world-class computer animation teaching
with wide scientific and creative applications

BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer 
charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be 
found on the BU DisabledGo webpages This email is intended only for the person 
to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have 
received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, 
which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any 
views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not 
necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary 
companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its 
subsidiary companies via email.

RE: Maya 2016 still thinks its installed -

[Sofronis Efstathiou]

Thanks Stephen,

And thanks Eric,

Revo seems to have done the job. Its cleared the registry, allowed Maya to be 
installed and I think removed a previous problem where Maya becoming randomly 
irresponsive for a few seconds when working in the viewport.

Let’s hope it continues to work. I’ll maybe leave off installing SP5 for a few 
years.

Cheers

Sofronis (Saf) Efstathiou

Principal Lecturer and BFX Competition & Festival Director
Computer Animation Academic Group
National Centre for Computer Animation

Email: sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk>

Tel: +44 (0) 1202 965805

Profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/sofronisefstathiou

Student Work:
http://www.youtube.com/NCCA3DAnimation
http://www.youtube.com/NCCADigitalFX
http://www.youtube.com/NCCAAnimation

[Description: Description: 
C:\Users\sefstathiou\Pictures\nccalogo.jpg]<http://ncca.bournemouth.ac.uk/>  
[Description: Description: C:\Users\sefstathiou\Documents\My 
Dropbox\Work_Files\NCCA\VFXandAnimation_competition\BFX_website\BFX_Website\bfx_logo_facebook.png]
 <http://www.bfxfestival.com/>


[http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/Images/QueensAwardLogo.jpg]

Awarded for world-class computer animation teaching
with wide scientific and creative applications

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair
Sent: 25 January 2016 14:59
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Maya 2016 still thinks its installed -


You could probably figure it out with Process Monitor.
Run Process Monitor when you try to install Maya 2016. As soon as the installer 
says that Maya is already installed, then stop Process Monitor.
That should show what registry entries or files the installer is looking at.

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Sofronis Efstathiou 
<sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk>> wrote:
Thanks Stephen,

Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately, windows uninstaller doesn’t even 
recognise Maya existence. Let me try Eric’s suggestions, I think it’s to do 
with the registry keys – and Revo may be able to help.

Cheers

Sofronis (Saf) Efstathiou

Principal Lecturer and BFX Competition & Festival Director
Computer Animation Academic Group
National Centre for Computer Animation

Email: sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk>

Tel: +44 (0) 1202 965805<tel:%2B44%20%280%29%201202%20965805>

Profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/sofronisefstathiou

Student Work:
http://www.youtube.com/NCCA3DAnimation
http://www.youtube.com/NCCADigitalFX
http://www.youtube.com/NCCAAnimation

[Description: Description: 
C:\Users\sefstathiou\Pictures\nccalogo.jpg]<http://ncca.bournemouth.ac.uk/>  
[Description: Description: C:\Users\sefstathiou\Documents\My 
Dropbox\Work_Files\NCCA\VFXandAnimation_competition\BFX_website\BFX_Website\bfx_logo_facebook.png]
 <http://www.bfxfestival.com/>


[http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/Images/QueensAwardLogo.jpg]

Awarded for world-class computer animation teaching
with wide scientific and creative applications

From: 
softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>
 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>]
 On Behalf Of Stephen Blair
Sent: 25 January 2016 13:48
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>
Subject: Re: Maya 2016 still thinks its installed -

Look for something like

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Autodesk 
Maya 2016


If you go into Control Panel > Uninstall or change a program, and try to 
uninstall Maya 2016, do you get something like this?
[Inline image 1]

That would allow you remove the Maya entry, and then you should be able to 
re-install

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Sofronis Efstathiou 
<sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk>> wrote:
Hi,

Hopefully someone can help.

I just uninstalled Maya 2016, with the intention to reinstall it this afternoon 
(this occurred after installing Maya 2016 SP5 which completely destroyed it).

Anyway – in a Maya’s magical way – although Maya 2016 is no longer in the 
Control Panel in the Program list, when I run the Autodesk installer – it still 
believes Maya is installed. So I can’t install it again. I kid you not. Maya 
2016 Is also weirdly still on my start menu. I’m on Windows 10.

Maya 2015 still works though. I uninstalled the entire 2016 suite and rebooted 
a number of times. Maya 2016 still exists in its own bubble though - somewhere.

I’ve searched a ton of stuff online – it seems the registry key maybe the 
problem – I have no idea how to get search for it and get rid of it. Anyone 
have any tips? Windows Fixit is not available (for Windows 10) – so can’t use 
that.

Never had this before. Its driving me crazy.

Sofronis (Saf) Efs