Warning: Don’t Download ManyCam
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Since I’m running the operating system considered second-class to a big minority (a.k.a. Windows XP), I am on the lookout for good webcam effects software. So far, I have come across two free equivalents to CamTwist for Windows, by the names of Super Webcam and ManyCam.
Unfortunately, I can’t recommend ManyCam at all. While I was uninstalling it, after finding it to be not incredibly useful, it erased all of the start menu shortcuts on my system! I don’t know whether it was the developers’ fault, Nullsoft’s (or whoever wrote their installers), or my own computer’s fault or glitch, but it sure is annoying.
The quick moral of the story: Don’t download ManyCam! And if you already have it installed, find a way to manually remove it (files, shortcuts, registry keys and all). If you uninstall it, ManyCam will make your life miserable.
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Jim Traeger
February 13th, 2008
at 7:01pm
Hello,
I found your blog post today and I wanted to see if I could do something to help you. ManyCam has had over half a million downloads and in the year we have been around we have never had anyone report the problem you experienced.
Even though we cannot recreate your problem our development team will investigate carefully to make sure that this problem you reported will never happen to anyone. If you want to email me and give me more details it would really help my investigation of what happened to your computer.
We take reports like yours extremely seriously and I hope you will let me know if there is anything I can do to help you. Thank you and good luck with your blog.
Sincerely, Jim
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Michael
February 13th, 2008
at 7:19pm
@Jim: Thank you for your response. It’s good to see that vendors look out on the “real” Web to find customer gripes with their products. I will continue the support-related discussion over email.
Tom
February 16th, 2008
at 1:23am
I had the same problem, think it could happen when you don’t install start menu shortcuts during installing ManyCam.
After uninstall all start menu has gone…
John
March 26th, 2008
at 6:26pm
i am having a problem with manycam as it uninstalls my sound blaster drivers i have restored my Pc and many cam is not here or i cant detect it i am going to try and reinstall
Martin Tips
May 14th, 2008
at 5:33am
Just found your site by accident doing a search for something completely unrelated. Looks like you have some good stuff here! Added your RSS feed to my rss reader, looking forward to reading more.