unable to uninstall netbeans 8.0.2

Question

Error message showing is :

The specified target component - nb-base/8.0.1.0.201408251540 was not found in the registry. The installer can continue as if the target component was specified. Click yes to continue, No to exit the installer.

I have tried a lot to uninstall my NetBeans8.0.2 but were unable. After lot of googling found out a solution. I think I should have and entry in stackoverflow.

score 30 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 29 '17 at 10:07

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Best way to remove Netbeans can be done using following steps

Remove the Netbeans folder from program file
Delete the .nbi(hidden) folder from your C:\User{Current User}
Go to control panel and remove it

It works for me hope it will you too!

answered Jul 29 '17 at 10:07

K K

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I tried this option in Windows 10 but alas the problem persisted – Aug 20 '18 at 14:16
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Comment 1 and 2 of the following link worked for me https://superuser.com/questions/595518/cannot-uninstall-netbeans-7-3-on-windows-8 – Aug 20 '18 at 15:01
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Delete this folder too **C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Netbeans** – Suresh Kumar Jan 23 '19 at 04:46
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Adding to @SureshKumar, delete also this folder: **C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Netbeans** – Francisco Romero Jun 12 '23 at 20:34

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Actually Devashish's answer is (partly) correct. If you click link provided by him, you will see that the problem (most likely) is because the install was done by a different user than the user who is uninstalling. (In my case, I added an admin user after the Netbeans install, so all computer changes now pass through the admin user)

Here is what I did to complete the install:

Find a .nbi folder under C:\Users\folder. This folder has .nbi folder under it
Open a command prompt and Go to NetBeans folder which has uninstall.exe
Run this command in the command prompt:

uninstall.exe --userdir c:\Users\folder\\.nbi

folder is the folder you found in step 1.

This uninstalled for me. Hope it helps you.

For Step 2. I opened Windows PowerShell and entered command: ```cd 'C:\Program Files (x86)\NetBeans 8.0.2'```. Running step 3 the uninstaller finally worked this time as expected without the error and doing everything - I didn't have to delete any folders. Thanks Rsc Rsc! — site, Jan 04 '20 at 19:58

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 21 '19 at 10:17

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Go to C:\Users{User}\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans
Delete "lock" file
Uninstall NetBeans

answered Oct 21 '19 at 10:17

Hesam Alipour

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 23 '17 at 04:50

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Please follow the link to have a solution: https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251943

The comment 5 has easiest solution: Run Command Prompt in Administrator mode and run the following command :

uninstall.exe --userdir c:\Users\Administrator.nbi

answered Feb 23 '17 at 04:50

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I tried this solution as follows: C:\Netbeans\NetBeans 8.0.2>uninstall.exe --userdir C:\Users\mark.burl\.nbi it launched the uninstall but popped up with the same problem – Aug 20 '18 at 14:46
you need to use the username who installed netbean in your command argument – David Jul 19 '19 at 08:57

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 24 '17 at 16:02

Does not seem to work in my Win 10 environment. I've also tried

.\uninstall.exe --userdir c:\Users\Administrator\.nbi
.\uninstall.exe --userdir c:\Users\Administrator.nbi
'NetBeans 8.0.1'\uninstall.exe --userdir c:\Users\eric_2\.nbi
.\'NetBeans 8.0.1'\uninstall.exe --userdir c:\Users\eric_2\.nbi
.\'NetBeans 8.0.1'\uninstall.exe --userdir c:\Users\eric_2.nbi

You get the point. I'm running the WindowsPowerShell as an Administrator.

Someone here must have successfully deleted it even with the error message from the OP. I just have to find out who!

Eric

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 29 '18 at 10:37

After struggling here and there, I:

Opened c:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans\8.2\lock where XXX was the user name. Then, I renamed lock. (The name didn't matter.)
Then, I went back and uninstalled NetBeans.

By the way, I had to delete Java separately.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 20 '18 at 15:59

I was having the exact same problem as above.

Prior to the "symptoms", I installed the application in a newly created folder on the C drive (Not the Program Files default installation directory).

I then changed the name of the folder directory where the executable was installed to enable a third-party script to launch the NetBeans executable as the script required no spaces in the path. In any case, in attempting to uninstall the application again, I got the above error.

I tried running the command as outlined above (namely) running the command prompt with the following:

C:\Netbeans\NetBeans 8.0.2>uninstall.exe --userdir C:\Users\mark.burl.nbi

it launched the uninstall but the same error popped up.

I then undertook the following and the problem was solved for me:

I manually deleted the NetBeans executable folder.
I then reinstalled NetBeans to the default Program Files location.
I then uninstalled NetBeans again no problem.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 11 '18 at 22:06

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From PowerShell as administrator I removed all directories here described and finally enter regedit and search for all occurrences of “NetBeans (x86)”. And delete all of them then restart and after that everything is clear

answered Dec 11 '18 at 22:06

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 13 '20 at 13:26

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You need to do the following:

Go to C:\Users{User}\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans
Delete the folder named after your Netbean version you want to uninstall
Uninstall NetBeans

answered Feb 13 '20 at 13:26

aggrey dokowe

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Mar 10 '20 at 13:16

Finally i found the reason. i.e while installing NetBeans i used our IT Team Admin credentials (assume user-1 ). But i am uninstalling with my credentials(assume user-2). So, you can't uninstall. Follow below steps.

1.Go to C:\Program Files\NetBeans 8.0.1> you will find uninstall.exe file.
2.Find who is installed your netbeans for me user-1 (Admin).(You can find all users here C:\Users )
3.Then search for .nbi folder you can get at C:\Users\{user-1}\.nbi

Note: here user-1 is who installed your NetBeans initially.

finally open cmd prompt and run the command below given.

C:\Program Files\NetBeans 8.0.1>uninstall.exe --userdir C:\Users\{user-1}\.nbi
referred from https://stackoverflow.com/a/45387962/10971996

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Nov 11 '21 at 19:48

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I had the same problem and no matter how hard I tried it won't uninstall until I installed it all over again then uninstalled.

answered Nov 11 '21 at 19:48

Redissi Oumaima

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score -1 · Answer 12 · answered Jan 15 '21 at 05:53

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Stop/ pause protection for your anti-virus. Then click on un-install. It will work for sure.

answered Jan 15 '21 at 05:53

souravidea

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unable to uninstall netbeans 8.0.2

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