Guest Nate Rosenthal Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 Been cleaning off a hard drive w/o reformatting. I have been removing unwanted programs, first through the add/remove. Some that I have removed are still populating the add/remove program. How can I get rid of the references. I have alreaqdy gone to the folders and removed them and even to the Registry. Reboots don't seem to do the trick. Any thoughts out there?
Guest Richard in AZ Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 Re: Add/Remove There are 3rd party programs that can remove a listing from the add/remove programs list. CCleaner is one (http://www.ccleaner.com) but simply removing the listing does not take care of the actual problem which is a registry problem. Another alternative is to re-install the program and then un-install it again. You can also search the Registry for the file name your want to remove and delete the entries you find. BUT remember that editing the Registry is an easy way to really SCREW your computer, Make backups first. "Nate Rosenthal" <ncrose@comcast.net> wrote in message news:wNOdnY69xYyH0-vVnZ2dnUVZ_tfinZ2d@comcast.com... > Been cleaning off a hard drive w/o reformatting. I have been removing > unwanted programs, first through the add/remove. Some that I have removed > are still populating the add/remove program. How can I get rid of the > references. I have alreaqdy gone to the folders and removed them and even > to the Registry. Reboots don't seem to do the trick. Any thoughts out > there? >
Guest db.·.. > Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 Re: Add/Remove there are freewares available that can delete unwanted entries from the a/r listing. this utility is nifty and i think it will help you. i use it all the time: http://www.amsn.ro/ by going into the system configuration option, you will have the option to "delete" or "uninstall" a/r entries from the list. since you have uninstalled and deleted folders, then you need simply to "delete" the line entries. -- db·´¯`·...¸><)))º> "Nate Rosenthal" <ncrose@comcast.net> wrote in message news:wNOdnY69xYyH0-vVnZ2dnUVZ_tfinZ2d@comcast.com... > Been cleaning off a hard drive w/o reformatting. I have been removing > unwanted programs, first through the add/remove. Some that I have removed are > still populating the add/remove program. How can I get rid of the references. > I have alreaqdy gone to the folders and removed them and even to the Registry. > Reboots don't seem to do the trick. Any thoughts out there? >
Guest Ron Badour Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 Re: Add/Remove Open the registry editor to this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall There are subkeys under Uninstall that will contain the names of the programs (and updates) on the add/remove list. Right click the ones that have been uninstalled and delete the subkeys. -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP Shell User "Nate Rosenthal" <ncrose@comcast.net> wrote in message news:wNOdnY69xYyH0-vVnZ2dnUVZ_tfinZ2d@comcast.com... > Been cleaning off a hard drive w/o reformatting. I have been removing > unwanted programs, first through the add/remove. Some that I have removed > are still populating the add/remove program. How can I get rid of the > references. I have alreaqdy gone to the folders and removed them and even > to the Registry. Reboots don't seem to do the trick. Any thoughts out > there? >
Guest PaulM Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 Re: Add/Remove He can go here and download a script that will list all string to uninstall programs. http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=118 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.paulsxp.com http://www.paulsxp.com/forum http://www.supportspace.com/home/affiliates.s2?aiu=paulm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddressBuddy.com> wrote in message news:en6MKMs4IHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Open the registry editor to this key: > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall > > There are subkeys under Uninstall that will contain the names of the > programs (and updates) on the add/remove list. Right click the ones that > have been uninstalled and delete the subkeys. > -- > Regards > > Ron Badour > MS MVP Shell User > > > "Nate Rosenthal" <ncrose@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:wNOdnY69xYyH0-vVnZ2dnUVZ_tfinZ2d@comcast.com... >> Been cleaning off a hard drive w/o reformatting. I have been removing >> unwanted programs, first through the add/remove. Some that I have >> removed are still populating the add/remove program. How can I get rid >> of the references. I have alreaqdy gone to the folders and removed them >> and even to the Registry. Reboots don't seem to do the trick. Any >> thoughts out there? >> > >
Guest Twayne Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 Re: Add/Remove > Been cleaning off a hard drive w/o reformatting. I have been removing > unwanted programs, first through the add/remove. Some that I have > removed are still populating the add/remove program. How can I get > rid of the references. I have alreaqdy gone to the folders and > removed them and even to the Registry. Reboots don't seem to do the > trick. Any thoughts out there? Search for AddRemovePro. Just like the Add/Remove feature but also lets you remove duplicates, bad entries, etc etc.. Real handy. HTH
Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Re: Add/Remove How to manually remove programs from the Add or Remove Programs tool: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314481 -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com "Nate Rosenthal" <ncrose@comcast.net> wrote in message news:wNOdnY69xYyH0-vVnZ2dnUVZ_tfinZ2d@comcast.com... > Been cleaning off a hard drive w/o reformatting. I have been removing > unwanted programs, first through the add/remove. Some that I have removed > are still populating the add/remove program. How can I get rid of the > references. I have alreaqdy gone to the folders and removed them and even > to the Registry. Reboots don't seem to do the trick. Any thoughts out > there? >
Guest ClueLess Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 Re: Add/Remove On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:58:00 -0400, "Nate Rosenthal" <ncrose@comcast.net> wrote: >Been cleaning off a hard drive w/o reformatting. I have been removing >unwanted programs, first through the add/remove. Some that I have removed >are still populating the add/remove program. How can I get rid of the >references. I have alreaqdy gone to the folders and removed them and even >to the Registry. Reboots don't seem to do the trick. Any thoughts out >there? > Get Revo uninstaller that will search and remove left out stuff from folders as well as registry http://www.revouninstaller.com HTH -- Thanks for your time and attention ClueLess
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