cant uninstall or play madden 2003

I have an hp pavilion with xp, and an amd athlon processor 850. I successfully installed and played madden nfl 2003 for a few months. Now the program is unresponsive. Double left clicking, right click open, autoplay, and add or remove programs are what I have tried to open the game, but nothing happens-no error message, just returns to desktop. I don't want it on my computer anymore because I have a 14 gb hard drive which is almost full (madden takes 650 mb). Please tell me I don't have to remove everything to fix this!

 

maybe this is too obvious, but have you tried going into the start menu, programs, ea games (or whatever it is), then into the madden file that way to see if there's an uninstall option on the same menu as the play, readme, etc. options? I believe that's how my NBA Live 2004 works. That, or find the folder under My Computer and open up the EA or Madden folders to access all the options you have and look for an uninstall option.... Hope something there is helpful.

 

I have tried everything short of a sledgehammer. I suspect a software defect, but I'm no expert.