Posted: 10/2/2010 1:42:43 PM EDT
A great big WTF ?????????????? 
Twice now, in the last year, Google Earth has uninstalled itself and the execution file with it. Can't find it anywhere on my computer. I look in the control panel under programs, and yet, there it is !  
Apparently the control panel see's it, but if I open the explore program and look in the Google folder, nothing, nada, zip. So I go to Google Eath web page and has a Google Earth 5 download. I download it. I run the program, it tells me thank you for install Google eath 5 but guess what, nada, nothing, still not there. WTF ??????? Is it my computer ???, Windows Vista ??? Yes, I have rebooted. Can anyone help ? |
I wouldn't touch Google Earth with a ten foot poll since it installed Chrome on my computer randomly. I had auto-update off, never messed with the program much, turned on my computer one day and Chrome was on my desktop.  I took every file of G E off and even did a registry hunt. Good riddance. |
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This thread reminded me not to use Google anymore. I think I'm going to start using Bing since Google seems determined to suck off the government as much as possible lately.
I too had Google Earth installed a while back and it installs all kinds of shit that can be annoying to get rid of. |
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A great big WTF ??????????????
Twice now, in the last year, Google Earth has uninstalled itself and the execution file with it. Can't find it anywhere on my computer. I look in the control panel under programs, and yet, there it is !
Apparently the control panel see's it, but if I open the explore program and look in the Google folder, nothing, nada, zip. So I go to Google Eath web page and has a Google Earth 5 download. I download it. I run the program, it tells me thank you for install Google eath 5 but guess what, nada, nothing, still not there. WTF ??????? Is it my computer ???, Windows Vista ??? Yes, I have rebooted. Can anyone help ? This is a known problem with later version of Windows. The program is still there - what is happening is that the desktop shortcut is disappearing. I had to go into the program files and make my own shortcut. Hold on on a minute... |
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Here, do this...
If icons/shortcuts dissappeared from desktop but GE app still exists and it is runnable then you only need to re-create the short-cuts to the .exe First try to find the target exe file and verify that it still runs. The target file is googleearth.exe File can be found in C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth\client\googleearth.exe or on 64-bit machines in C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\googleearth.exe Right-mouse click on googleearth.exe and select 'Create shortcut' then move short-cut back to the Desktop. If cannot find the .exe or it can no longer run then follow the uninstall/reinstall steps |
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Here, do this... If icons/shortcuts dissappeared from desktop but GE app still exists and it is runnable then you only need to re-create the short-cuts to the .exe First try to find the target exe file and verify that it still runs. The target file is googleearth.exe File can be found in C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth\client\googleearth.exe or on 64-bit machines in C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\googleearth.exe Right-mouse click on googleearth.exe and select 'Create shortcut' then move short-cut back to the Desktop. If cannot find the .exe or it can no longer run then follow the uninstall/reinstall steps I tried that first and guess what, its all gone, every file disappeared. I just found an internet user group that says I have to reinstall and uncheck the auto updates portion of the install. I did that, and its back. Google is apparently working on another solution, but it appears to happen alot.
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Google Earth was tearing my system up. I was using it in conjunction with Garmin Mapsource. Got rid of Chrome and Google Earth and I am back up rockin' and rolling. It was also installed on several computers at work for some reason, including my desktop in my lab when I took over. Got rid of it and it immediately increased my speed by a factor of no less than five. |