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.

Answer 1

Best way to remove Netbeans can be done using following steps

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

It works for me hope it will you too!

Answer 2

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:

1. Find a .nbi folder under C:\Users\folder. This folder has .nbi folder under it

2. Open a command prompt and Go to NetBeans folder which has uninstall.exe

3. 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.