The uninstaller fails to remove "Ubuntu" from boot.ini

Hi if this is the case, it is a bug.
Can you please install and uninstall again using the latest version available at wubi-installer.org and post the wubi log?
The log is in the user temp folder.

I also experience this bug with the version of Wubi on the 9.04 CD.

Incomplete until there is a log

Here is mine.

I can see it tried to modify boot.ini but there is no error.
Is there anything peculiar about your set-up?

Agostino, what does this error message tell in David's log?

10-03 18:45 DEBUG TaskList: ## Running Remove bootloader entry...
10-03 18:45 ERROR WindowsBackend: Cannot find bcdedit
10-03 18:45 DEBUG WindowsBackend: undo_bootini C:

Is it just the result of a check whether the BCD boot loader is there or not?

I have the same error message and the same behaviour meaning that boot.ini is never reset at WinXP Wubi removals. The error message is correct in the sence that bcdedit is not present as a BCD boot loader is not installed i my WinXP.

I do have Windows 7 installed as well but its BCD boot loader is neither used to boot WinXP nor Wubi Ubuntu.

The log is fine. Yes it checks whether BCD is there which is not normally the case in XP.
It does then call undo_bootini which is the routine that should reset boot.ini to its previous state.

I've done some more testing and noticed that boot.ini is touched but not reset to previous state.

The boot.ini normally write protected. I unchecked that (made it writable) and then uninstalled Wubi Ubuntu. What happened was that boot.ini was reset to write protected but the task was not done, i.e ubuntu boot option is still there. Seems like it doesn't find what it looks for in there.

can you please attach your boot.ini?

Here's the boot.ini (attached)

I can confirm this also happens on the Ubuntu 9.10 CD.

Installed a fresh copy of XP Home SP3 on VirtualBox, then installed Ubuntu 9.10 on top of Windows XP using Wubi on the Ubuntu 9.10 CD. Booted into and configured Ubuntu and then rebooted back into Windows XP. Removed Ubuntu using add/remove programs, rebooted and Ubuntu is still an option on the boot menu. Selecting Ubuntu displays an error about hal.dll. Booting XP still works fine.

Just tried the above in Windows Vista Home Premium SP1, removing Ubuntu does actually remove all traces of Ubuntu correctly, so rebooting after removing Ubuntu on Vista, everything starts correctly without any error messages.

> Just tried the above in Windows Vista Home Premium SP1

Vista has no boot.ini file, so this bug does not apply to Vista (and Windows 7).

I can also confirm that this happens with Wubi 9.10 (rev160) on Windows Xp SP3 English version(downloaded straight from MSDN).

I did a fresh install of Windows XP English version(with SP3 preintegrated by Microsoft). Everything left at the default settings. No updates(after sp3), no activation, no fancy partition names. Installed Wubi from the website and then uninstalled it right away and Ubuntu was left in boot.ini.

Please test: http://wubi-installer.org/devel/minefield/Wubi-9.10-rev168.exe
To uninstall, replace C:\ubuntu\uninstall-wubi.exe with the file downloaded from the link above
Apologies for the inconvenience

fix works for me

Also works here, after removing Ubuntu, it boots straight into XP.

Rob

Another me too!
Tested the patched uninstaller and the boot.ini was reset, i.e the Ubuntu boot option was removed.

V did the trick for me too, 10X.

I have Windows 7 and continue to get the screen for dual boot up. I used Wubi to install Kubuntu and did an uninstall on Kubuntu but the dual boot screen continues to appear. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I posted the above problem and found a solution to share. It worked and seems to be far easier than alternative methods of eliminating the boot up screen. The easiest way is download EasyBCD from NeoSmart Technologies. This is a free download which makes it easy to change boot up settings. After installation, click on Change Settings and delete the unwanted entry. This method was far easier than the many other methods.

Quoting Pdorman <email address hidden>:

> I posted the above problem and found a solution to share. It worked
> and seems to be far easier than alternative methods of eliminating the
> boot up screen. The easiest way is download EasyBCD from NeoSmart
> Technologies. This is a free download which makes it easy to change
> boot up settings. After installation, click on Change Settings and
> delete the unwanted entry. This method was far easier than the many
> other methods.
>

Did you use the Wubi installer from the Ubuntu 9.10 CD?

There has been a fixed version released since but I'm guessing it
won't make it on to the Ubuntu CD until Ludid is released (unless it's
already on the Lucid Alpha CDs).

Rob