Use scoop uninstall scoop raise "access is denied".

[hungpham3112]

Bug Report

Current Behavior

Trying to uninstall scoop with scoop uninstall scoop and see those messages:

Expected Behavior

scoop uninstall scoop removes scoop and related information.

Additional context/output

If I remove package 1 by 1, finally remove scoop, it will works.

Possible Solution

I have no idea, I just used scoop for 1 week.

System details

Windows version:: 11

OS architecture:: 64bit

PowerShell version::

Major Minor Patch PreReleaseLabel BuildLabel

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7 2 1
Additional software: [(optional) e.g. ConEmu, Git]

Scoop Configuration

{
  "lastupdate": "2022-01-31T09:39:29.9450785+07:00",
  "SCOOP_REPO": "https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop",
  "SCOOP_BRANCH": "master",
  "alias.reinstall": "scoop uninstall {0}; scoop install {0}",
  "alias": {}
}

[HUMORCE]

Scoop does not have a complete self-uninstaller, If you want a complete uninstallation of Scoop:

remove these directories.

• C:\Users\<USERNAME>\scoop
• C:\ProgramData\scoop
• C:\Users\<USERNAME>\.config\scoop

remove any paths from $PATH that starts with them:

• C:\Users\<USERNAME>\scoop\
• C:\ProgramData\scoop\

if custom directory and environment variable is sets, then remove them too.
https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/wiki/Quick-Start#installing-scoop-to-custom-directory

[rashil2000]

I just tried this on a fresh install:

In this case the persist folder is left behind. Everything else is cleaned.

To remove the persist folder too, the command is scoop uninstall scoop --purge

[hungpham3112]

I just tried this on a fresh install:

In this case the persist folder is left behind. Everything else is cleaned.

To remove the persist folder too, the command is scoop uninstall scoop --purge

I still get error today. What is Access is denied? I'm the admin of this computer, how is this possible.

[hungpham3112]

I just tried this on a fresh install:

In this case the persist folder is left behind. Everything else is cleaned.
To remove the persist folder too, the command is scoop uninstall scoop --purge

I still get error today. What is Access is denied? I'm the admin of this computer, how is this possible.

I thinks this is my fault because I tried to uninstall scoop in another machine and it worked fine. But I don't know how t fix that, it seems like every file I want to delete says access is denied. Maybe my account is not admin?

[hungpham3112]

I just tried this on a fresh install:

In this case the persist folder is left behind. Everything else is cleaned.
To remove the persist folder too, the command is scoop uninstall scoop --purge

I still get error today. What is Access is denied? I'm the admin of this computer, how is this possible.

I thinks this is my fault because I tried to uninstall scoop in another machine and it worked fine. But I don't know how t fix that, it seems like every file I want to delete says access is denied. Maybe my account is not admin?

Ok, finally I found it. Scoop\Window~1\ is being used by other process so it can't delete. What is scoop\window~1\. It just have Window-Terminal folder in there. So I guess window~1 is Window-Terminal. It's still using .dll file in the background but I don't open it.

[rashil2000]

Have you installed Windows Terminal through scoop?

In that case you need to close it and run the command in plain cmd.exe terminal.

[hungpham3112]

Have you installed Windows Terminal through scoop?

In that case you need to close it and run the command in plain cmd.exe terminal.

I didn't open it. Those processes run in background.

[rashil2000]

You need to completely close Windows Terminal (and disable automatic startup at boot in Windows Terminal settings).

[hungpham3112]

You need to completely close Windows Terminal (and disable automatic startup at boot in Windows Terminal settings).

Oh, my fault sorry, It not cause by window terminal, actually it's winfetch. Winfetch still use .dll file in the background. You can check it.

[rashil2000]

The best option would be to reboot the computer (after disabling auto start). Then use the cmd.exe terminal.