Daemon Tools Windows 7 Upgrade Issue

You might find after upgrading to windows 7 that daemon tools (also alcohol 120%) won't run and is impossible to uninstall or reinstall.

To avoid this problem all together make sure and uninstall daemon tools before upgrading to windows 7.

If you didn't do that simply follow these steps:

1. delete your daemon tools folder


2. using regedit delete the
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\sptd
   directory. If it won't let you delete it, right click on the directory click the 'Full Control' checkbox then advanced and check the subfolder check box and 'ok' your way out. Then try and delete it.


3. Go into your windows installation folder/system32/drivers and delete sptd.sys


4. Reboot your PC


5. Now you should be able to install Daemon Tools