By Stoob on

admin/build/modules is still showing a module that I have:

1. Disabled
2. Deleted the folder and files from the /sites/all/modules directory

Furthermore I have:
1. Checked that /modules doesn't contain a second copy of this module
2. I have removed the record for the module from the "system" table of the Drupal DB

Still, admin/build/modules shows the module. The module is called "memcache".

Any ideas as to how to get it to stop showing up in the list?

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

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DeltaT’s picture

DeltaT commented

I am kind of new to this but did you try running Cron?

Shyamala’s picture

Shyamala commented

Clear Cache

Shyamala
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Stoob’s picture

Stoob commented

I have tried both approaches with no luck. I have also taken measures to remove references to the module in settings.php I have posted an issue with the module developer.

Hari’s picture

Hari commented

just in case,
Isn't the process for removing modules:

  1. Disable
  2. Uninstall
  3. Delete Folder

You could try reinstalling the module and then going through that process.

*Some modules don't have an uninstall function, but in this case it's worth a shot to see if that step was missed since the module is still showing up.

If that doesn't work I would use a good text editor or IDE to search through your drupal folder for the description or another part of text that is coming from the module to see where it is coming from.

Hope that helps.

hilarudeens’s picture

hilarudeens commented

hi friend,
This may happen delete/remove the module before disabling in admin side....

Once again add and enable the same module...
and Click checked-box to disable and click save configuration button...
Now click uninstall link showed in top of the page and delete installed table...

Go to database system table...search module presence , if it is there delete rows and ensure....

Clear cache.... and ensure that cache table is empty....

Now run cron.php

good luck,

Stoob’s picture

Stoob commented

thank you very much for your help

geneatwell’s picture

geneatwell commented

I've uninstalled the original version, reinstalled the same version and activated it, uninstalled again, then installed and uninstalled the dev versions of the same program, updated the database via drush multiple times and with a successful result each time, cleared the cache, and searched the database using PHPMyAdmin. Not only does the program still show up on the modules page, but the ill effects of an unwanted e-mail being automatically sent to a user is still occurring every time somebody logs onto the site. This despite having disabled the same option while the program was installed. The program maintainer has not been able to help.

Any ideas besides disallowing log ins or changing the user's e-mail?

Thanks in advance.

geneatwell’s picture

geneatwell commented

Found another location where the module was not eliminated and that was causing the module problem. The e-mail problem was associate with a trigger malfunction and is now being discussed here: #1674790: Trigger email sent each time a user logs on when it should only be sent when a user profile is updated.

knipnehpets’s picture

knipnehpets commented

has been driving me mad mad mad.
installed Dev Desktop onto Windows, very standard installation, and began
a new local Drupal Commons site.
Despite this Drupal Commons being set up completely by the automatic process offered by acquia, modules won't uninstall afterwards.
I don't have time to work around bugs in their system, for which I am paying hundreds of pounds!

cesarmolina’s picture

cesarmolina commented

i recently had the same problem where a module folder was removed and still showed on the modules list.
i found that the same module was also located in the sites/all/modules folder
once i removed it form this location the module was gone.

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bufflex commented

I've had the problem of disabling and then uninstalling the module with it still showing up in the module list and being able to be turned on. Also tried clearing the cache a couple of times with no luck.

Then, thanks to the suggestions that I read here, I deleted the module folder and then it it was no longer showing up on the modules list page.

Nick Hope’s picture

Nick Hope commented

Just lost a couple of hours over this issue. After messing about with all sorts of advanced database and Drush commands I finally discovered, via a simple Windows search, that I had accidentally dragged a copy of the stubborn module's folder into another module's folder. Once I deleted it, the module no longer showed up in my list.