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installing google desktop under different credentials than the active user is currently not supported

I was recently trying to uninstall Google Desktop from my Windows XP install that I had running in Parallels Desktop for Mac. Every time I would boot up, it would tell me that it could not upgrade the database and begin reindexing all my emails and files from 0%. Thats no good! So, I decided to uninstall it and give Windows Desktop Search 3.0 a try.

Well, when I tried to uninstall google desktop, I would get the error message: "installing google desktop under different credentials than the active user is currently not supported". After some research, and frustration, I found someones recommendation. If you get this error, the steps are as follows.

1. Run the google desktop uninstall
2. Click OK on the first error message, but leave the second one up
3. Start the google desktop uninstaller again
4. Click yes to all of the questions!
5. Restart.

That should enable you to remove Google Desktop, when Google Desktop doesnt want to be removed!