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I go to control panel. then to programs in windows 8. I click heidisql. then I select uninstall. then I get a error popup saying it cant uninstall because it don't exist. then I start the MySQL server. then run heidisql. it works. it exist and runs. yet it don't exist. I did a system restore. and its the same. I want to uninstall because of some odd behavour im seeing. same with Heidi updates. I may be a newbee to sql but im the king with html.