Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Can't turn Returnil off or uninstall ! https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4225 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Can't turn Returnil off or uninstall ! en-US Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:41:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.2 RunesageMagik on "Can't turn Returnil off or uninstall !" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4225#post-45487 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:41:54 +0000 RunesageMagik 45487@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Thanks, Robert.

Robert on "Can't turn Returnil off or uninstall !" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4225#post-45478 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:36:55 +0000 Robert 45478@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

NolafromNZ,you're welcome!
I am glad I could help you.

RunesageMagik,
If the RVSYSTEM.img file is still present ,it will be recognized by any new installation of Returnil.

Bethany on "Can't turn Returnil off or uninstall !" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4225#post-45471 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:17:17 +0000 Bethany 45471@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

I used ccleaner to remove it from the start up menu and was able to uminstall it.

Violet4714 on "Can't turn Returnil off or uninstall !" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4225#post-45464 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:36:57 +0000 Violet4714 45464@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

hi, RM...

sorry i'm unable to answer your question...

i usually have Returnil System protection off, unless i'm trying software before installing...the other feature i use often is the ability to right-click & save selected item (in my case, usually just a file/folder or two) to hard disk...

IIRC...it seemed Disk Cleanup somehow compressed the Returnil drive, as if it was unused files/folders...i won't even try a best-guess there...

NolafromNZ on "Can't turn Returnil off or uninstall !" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4225#post-45439 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:51:06 +0000 NolafromNZ 45439@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Robert, you cannot imagine HOW grateful I am to you for explaining how to get the missing 4gb back on my c: drive. Thank you so very much. I was extremely worried about the very low space I had on the drive and now it has doubled. Wonderful.

Robert on "Can't turn Returnil off or uninstall !" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4225#post-45431 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:10:21 +0000 Robert 45431@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Awase,just in case you didn't manage to uninstall Returnil by now:

To uninstall Returnil:

1)Turn OFF system Protection if it is ON!
(Open Returnil and set protection mode to OFF)
Uncheck mount 'virtual drive'

REBOOT

2) Deactivate the Protection Scheduler if it is ON!
(Open Returnil, select Other Settings-uncheck the Enable the System Protection
Scheduler option).

3) QUIT the program if running!
(right click the RVS Tray Icon - select “Quit Program”
or use taskmanager to end the program

4)Uninstall the program
(Start Menu- Select the Uninstall link of Returnil-you will also have
a repair option)

5)If this still doesn't work reinstalling Returnil as Voilet suggested might do the trick and give you an option to uninstall and delete the virtual partition too.
(otherwise you'll still have about 4 gigs of 'wasted' space on your drive)

To delete the Virtual partition manually:
Open the hidden folder C:\Returnil (you'll need to turn on the option to see hidden files in Explorer)
Delete the RVSYSTEM.img file.

RunesageMagik on "Can't turn Returnil off or uninstall !" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4225#post-45428 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:21:50 +0000 RunesageMagik 45428@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Violet
Just out of curiosity, did the reinstall preserve whatever you had previously stored on Returnil's virtual drive? Thanks.

Violet4714 on "Can't turn Returnil off or uninstall !" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4225#post-45375 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:00:21 +0000 Violet4714 45375@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

hello, awase...

the default for Returnil is "System Protection is currently OFF" (green shield showing) on boot...did you try a reboot to see if the default started again?...then you can right-click the shield & choose "Exit"...

running MS Disk Cleanup caused Returnil to stop functioning properly for me...the solution that worked in my case was to download Returnil---i d/l from Major Geeks ( http://majorgeeks.com/Returnil_Virtual_System_Personal_Edition_d5702.html )---install over the Giveaway Returnil, reboot...and it was fixed...

hope this helps...

Archangel on "Can't turn Returnil off or uninstall !" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4225#post-45372 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:27:36 +0000 Archangel 45372@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

A good piece of software for killing anything is "Kill Process". It's very small, free and 100% effective but just make sure you know what your "Killing". LOL

Google it and download.

Anonymous on "Can't turn Returnil off or uninstall !" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4225#post-45369 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:24:59 +0000 Anonymous 45369@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

This is just an idea but have you tried control,alt,delete to bring up task manager and stop it that way.As for uninstall CCleaner does a good job of it.

awase on "Can't turn Returnil off or uninstall !" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4225#post-45365 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:10:47 +0000 awase 45365@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Help! I am unable to turn Returnil off and I can't uninstall it until I turn it off. Help!