Inspiron 3650 - SA, 3.1.0, will not update, error

Hi,

Please remove SupportAssist and install it again.

The following steps can be used to uninstall the older build and do a complete clean-up of files from your laptop. From Step 3 onwards, if the mentioned folders are not present in your system, they can be assumed as already cleaned up.

• From Add/Remove Programs, uninstall “Dell SupportAssist”
• From Add/Remove Programs, uninstall “SupportAssistAgent”, if you have very old SupportAssist version.
• Open a Windows Explorer and traverse to below directories and delete the folders completely manually if any leftover files are present.
  1. C:\Program Files\Dell\SupportAssist
  2. C:\Program Files\Dell\SupportAssistAgent
  3. C:\Program Files\Dell\DellDataVault
  4. C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\SupportAssistAgent

Note: Ignore (x86) in above path, if your system is running a 32-bit OS.

• From Start-> Run type %ProgramData% which will open a window with multiple folders. This is usually a hidden folder.
  1. Select “SupportAssistBusinessClient” folder and delete it.
  2. Select “SupportAssistAgent” folder and delete it, if you have very old SupportAssist version.
  3. Select “PCDr” folder and delete it.
• From Start-> Run type %appdata% which will open a window with multiple folders. This is also a hidden folder usually.
  1. Select “PCDr” folder and delete it.
• From Services console, ensure following services are NOT present.
  1. Dell SupportAssist
  2. Dell SupportAssist Agent
  3. Dell Data Vault
  4. Dell Data Vault Wizard
• From Registry, ensure following keys are NOT present.
  1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DELL\SupportAssistBusinessClient
  2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Dell\SupportAssist
  3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Dell\SupportAssistAgent

Note:- Incase if your Laptop is running a 32-bit OS, ignore the “Wow6432Node” in the above path.

• Reboot your laptop once after clean up, before installing a new SupportAssist build.

regards Martin