Control Panel - Add & Remove Programs

[Guest Sharpie]

How do you remove the programs in the Control Panel - Add & Remove Program?

I've removed 3 programs in the ad & remove program in the control panel and

it said I had successfully remove them but it still shows them being there.

Am I doing something wrong?

 

Thanks

 

BTW...Thanks to all of you who helped me rid my computer of viruses.

I very much appreciate all your help and links.

This is a great place to seek out help!

 

Thanks again,

Sharpie

[Guest ksreek]

RE: Control Panel - Add & Remove Programs

 

The protocol is to use add\remove program which calls the associated

Uninstall program of the software you have installed. If it fails to

uninstall it stays there in the list . However at times even though if the

software is removed for some reasons the entry will not be removed which is

pretty simple to delete by using some third party tools like ccleaner that

has the feature to do so.

http://sheiky.net/tools/ccsetup201.exe

 

ksreek

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"Sharpie" wrote:

> How do you remove the programs in the Control Panel - Add & Remove Program?

> I've removed 3 programs in the ad & remove program in the control panel and

> it said I had successfully remove them but it still shows them being there.

> Am I doing something wrong?

>

> Thanks

>

> BTW...Thanks to all of you who helped me rid my computer of viruses.

> I very much appreciate all your help and links.

> This is a great place to seek out help!

>

> Thanks again,

> Sharpie

>

>

>

[Guest Brian A.]

Re: Control Panel - Add & Remove Programs

 

"Sharpie" <sharpe@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote in message

news:Our4kYj2IHA.4672@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> How do you remove the programs in the Control Panel - Add & Remove Program?

> I've removed 3 programs in the ad & remove program in the control panel and it

> said I had successfully remove them but it still shows them being there.

> Am I doing something wrong?

>

> Thanks

>

> BTW...Thanks to all of you who helped me rid my computer of viruses.

> I very much appreciate all your help and links.

> This is a great place to seek out help!

>

> Thanks again,

> Sharpie

>

>

 

Have a look in the registry under the key:

 

hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\current version\uninstall

 

Scroll through each item listed under\within the Uninstall key, checking in

the right pane to see if any key is associated with the apps you uninstalled.

If you find any that are you should be able to delete the key under\within

Uninstall. However, removing registry entries can be dangerous and you should

not remove any if you are not 100% positive that what you are removing can

safely be removed. By removing any registry key(s) without knowledge of the

key(s) can render the PC useless if the key(s) is/are needed for the proper

operation of the PC.

 

How to back up, edit, and restore the registry in Windows XP and Windows Server

2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/en-us

 

Description of the Microsoft Windows registry

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/en-us

 

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }

Conflicts start where information lacks.

http://basconotw.mvps.org/

 

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