Wipe all cache/ settings

[DaddyX3]

Hi, I'm having trouble wiping everthing out as far as cache and settings. I've boogered vlc player up pretty good. I'm running Ubuntu and I've deleted all vlc folders from ~/.cache, ~/.config and ~/.local and it seems to restart vlc from scratch and a window comes up with the question of album art downloads and I proceed on into vlc player where everything looks normal, but the second I click on my remote to pause a movie, another vlc window opens up and plays another movie.... weird problem that was created when I try to set vlc player up and run it with my Android phone. Needless to say, I've 'apt-get remove --purge vlc' then 'autoremove' it to then turn around and reinstall vlc player and hope to start from scratch, but nothing works ... still have this problem of another instance of vlc opens up when I push the play/ pause button on my remote. How do I get rid of all settins/ cache in regards to vlc player???? I'm running Ubuntu Lucid and am using the 1.0.6 Goldeneye vlc player.
Thank you for your time!

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

VLC settings are in ~/.config/vlc/ and only there. I think you are not looking at the right thing to start with.

[DaddyX3]

Here's the real getter.... Ran: sudo apt-get remove --purge vlc
Everything went alright then again, did apt-get autoclean and then opened up
Xbmc and ran a movie with it and the second I click on the play/ pause button
Another instance of vlc player opens up!!! Even with it installed! This is why I'm asking
H to clear all cache/settings of vlc.... Its crazy outta control possessed! I love vlc player
And want it installed.....just need to start over fresh.... Can anybody give me a clue on
starting fresh?

[DaddyX3]

Yup..... Wiped that out right away, first thing and it worked for the first boot up of vlc, then the second I touch my remote play/pause button another instance of vlc opens up and starts playing a movie! Not only that, but the movie it starts playing comes up in a window with no controls possible.... no right click abilities, no menu bar or anything..... Very weird!

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

If it still comes, then you must have installed it under another package name, or outside of package management. We cannot guess that for you, so we cannot help.

[DaddyX3]

If it still comes, then you must have installed it under another package name, or outside of package management. We cannot guess that for you, so we cannot help.

hmmmm, thats very strange. I've been using Ubuntu for quite some time and the standard practice to install software for me is/ has always been using terminal and getting it from the repositories with: sudo apt-get install vlc
So, I'm totally stumped on how or why I still have some sort of vlc installed on my computer when I remove it via terminal and remove all vlc items left behind (to my knowledge). I wiped it out, then went back in and made sure that all vlc folders in the ~/.config, ~/.cache and ~/.local are removed and erased. Can you please try to stumble through this with me??? I'm really stumped here.
Thanks!!!!