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The Problem is that I had the program installed on an external HDD and a virus got in and corrupted/deleted a large portion of the program and my anti-virus thought it a good idea to remove all of the programs files.

But I still can't Install/Uninstall, basically it runs like normal till it gets to the End of install and Complains: "Fatal error during installation."

 

How is this Fixed?

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I don't know much about fixing computers and getting viruses off but all I can recommend is trying to download and install it again. :/

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Hey @Crimden, if you don't have anything to add to a thread, you don't need to post on it.  :)  In Troubleshooting threads in particular, we'd prefer you didn't.  As the original poster noted, the install is failing.  There's no reward for posting a lot, so just hold off if you don't have anything to add.  Thanks.

 

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my anti-virus thought it a good idea to remove all of the programs files.

It's probably safe to say your anti-virus software did an incomplete job. To resolve the issue you'll need to remove all the hooks before re-installing. Read this thread: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/692-install-update-or-uninstall-trouble-read-this/ In particular you want post number two.

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