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MFC-7820N

FAQs & Troubleshooting

FAQs & Troubleshooting
  • Date: 02/08/2006
  • ID: faq00002040_000

How do I uninstall MFL Pro Suite for Windows® XP users?


  1. Unplug the printer cable.

  2. Click on START, CONTROL PANEL, ADD & REMOVE PROGRAMS, and remove the following programs: MFL Pro.

  3. Click on START, SETTINGS and PRINTERS & FAXES and delete the Brother driver & the PC-Fax driver.

  4. In the "Printers & Faxes" window, you will click on File and Server Properties.

  5. Click on the "Drivers" tab.

  6. Select the "BrotherMFC-xxxx" driver or any other Brother driver, then click REMOVE.

  7. From "My Computer", click on Tools and Folder Options, and then click on View. Put a check mark on "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types" and then click on OK.

  8. Then double click on your C:\ drive and the delete the Brother folder and also delete the Brother folder in C:\Programs Files.

  9. From the C:\ drive double click on the "Windows" folder and the "INF" folder.

  10. Search for OEM files that are related to Brother and delete those files. To see if it's related to Brother, you double click on the first OEM files on the list (For example: OEM1.inf). If the OEM file is related to Brother then close that window and delete that file. And delete the PNF file that follows it with the same number (For example: OEM1.PNF). If the file is NOT related to Brother then don't delete that file, just close that window and continue with the other OEM files. You have to go through all the OEM files to make sure nothing is left from the Brother software.

  11. Also in the Windows folder, look for the TWAIN folder and the Twain_32 folder. You will double click on those folders and delete any folder that begins with brmf.

  12. Then open the "Registry" window by clicking on START, Run and type regedit and click OK.

  13. From the left column, open the folder called HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then the SOFTWARE Folder.

  14. From the SOFTWARE folder, delete the Brother Key.

  15. Restart the Computer.

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