like everyone else i didn't think ahead and my sp3 installation corrupted my bricopack. the uninstaller and updater were gone and wouldn't let me uninstall. i tried everything (even deleting that pesky bricopacklock.lock) and i still get the "there is another bricopack installed. would you like to remove it now?" error, and even if i click 'yes' to remove it, it does nothing. i deleted everything i could find on my computer related to the bricopack and still nothing. can anyone help me? thanks in advance.

Hi Berlinde

Install all window-updates before you install the bricopack !

hello, breakfastclub

thank you for taking some time to help me. those files and that folder are long gone, the one i can't get rid of is that bricopacklock.lock that i'm guessing is created by the installer of the pack when it detects something, it's that something i can't figure out what it is.

computer is also up to date as far as windows updates go.

once again, thanks for your help

What do you mean ? You can`t delete the file ? Try UNLOCKER

not, not like that. i can delete it, but as soon as i try to install the bricopack and get that error, a new bricopacklock.lock is created.

But this error shows only up if it looks like there`s a Bricopack installed, make sure that you realy delete the files/folders above  

i know, i find it weird as well but i really did remove them all

Can you see hidden files ?

yup, that's actually one of the first things i do after installing xp. i can't find any reference to bricopacks on my system other than that bricopacklock.lock file

Did you try to install it in safemode (press F8) - delete bricopacklock.lock before ?

nop, tried that to, got the same message. feh. i guess i'll resort to formatting the thing, it hasn't been formatted in 3 or 4 years, it's probably due. thank you for your time, breakfastclub

I agree ...

Make a complete harddisc-copy when your system is fresh installed (with all drivers, mails, messengers, programs you need). I use Norton Ghost, lots of others do the same, a 1:1 copy of the fresh system that you can reset to this point whenever you want - when I start now in 2 minutes I got a fresh XP    

Google for "Mirror Hard drive including XP"

Hi everyone,

I am also having a problem with unistalling the 'bricopack' or 'pack'.. these are crystal xp or Longhorn themes. My problem is exactly same to berlinde's first problem ..

"uninstaller and updater were gone and wouldn't let me uninstall. i tried everything (even deleting that pesky bricopacklock.lock) and i still get the "there is another bricopack installed. would you like to remove it now?" error, and even if i click 'yes' to remove it, it does nothing. i deleted everything i could find on my computer related to the bricopack and still nothing. can anyone help me? thanks in advance."

as Breakfastclub's suggestion I tried to find those filse:

and these files if they are also in the C:\Windows folder:

- BricoPackFolderDelete.cmd
- BricoPackLock.lock
- BricopackUninst.cmd
- BricoPackUninst.txt

but couldn't get them!...

I tried to install some other themes as well but I couldn't install them it says .. another shell is already installed. I need to get the orginial windows xp theme.. what to do ?

Please let me know.. Thanks in advance..

Hi flexokisino !

Maybe the files are hidden ?

Did you try Control panel - add/remove programs ?

Click Start - All Programs - Bricopacks - Uninstall ?

Which Bricopack you wanna install now ?