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I had been using xampp 1.7.3 until I learned that it was at the end of life for support and security. I have tried to uninstall it, found in the Read Me file that I should just remove the folder. I have tried to delete the folder, but it will not delete citing that I do not have permission to delete it. I also found an Uninstall.bat, which when I run it merely reports that it failed.

How, then, am I to uninstall it?