Bluestacks and RAM help

[MagaCarter]

The other day I accidently deleted Bluestacks and since I didn't uninstall the apps-I now have no way of uninstall the apps because I can't reinstall it on the main drive because of "no room" on the main drive. Does anyone know of a way to free the main drive up a bit until I can get a gaming computer?

 

[mikedt]

The other day I accidently deleted Bluestacks and since I didn't uninstall the apps-I now have no way of uninstall the apps because I can't reinstall it on the main drive because of "no room" on the main drive. Does anyone know of a way to free the main drive up a bit until I can get a gaming computer?

What did you actually delete? Because it sounds like you just deleted a shortcut to it, and the Bluestacks program and associated files are still there taking up the space on the HDD. If you're using a Mac, you'll find Bluestacks in Applications, and if you're using Windows, it's probably in Program Files, and you should be able to run it from there.

 

[MagaCarter]

What did you actually delete? Because it sounds like you just deleted a shortcut to it, and the Bluestacks program and associated files are still there taking up the space on the HDD. If you're using a Mac, you'll find Bluestacks in Applications, and if you're using Windows, it's probably in Program Files, and you should be able to run it from there.

the reggedit files and the program files.. And I can't reinstall expect on a seperate drive, because the computer says "not enough space".

 

[mikedt]

the reggedit files and the program files.. And I can't reinstall expect on a seperate drive, because the computer says "not enough space".

I don't use Windows myself these days. I'm totally macOS and Linux since 2006. But I know with RegEdit(editing the Registry), if you get that wrong, you could end up with a system that doesn't boot and having to reinstall Windows. So be careful!.

Check the Control Panel > Installed programs, and see if Bluestacks is registered as being installed there, and that might allow you to clear it. You'll find the Bluestacks EXE program itself under /Program Files/Bluestacks, along with the associated files. Try deleting that or moving it to temporary storage off the PC like to a USB hard-drive or USB thumb-drive, and that might give you enough free space to reinstall Bluestacks the normal way.

Bluestacks on a Mac requires about 8GB, I presume it's similar for Windows.