Guest Jeff@unknown.com Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 I installed PowerToy's Virtual Desktop Manager and after playing with it for a while I decided to uninstall it. (I should have listened to you P.A. Bear). So I went to the Add/Remove Programs and removed it from there. BUT, it seems to still be there. When I right click on the Taskbar and click on Toolbars, its toolbar is still there - and still works!! I rebooted: no change, it is still there. Is it possible to get rid of PowerToy's Virtual Desktop Manager? I would prefer to not use Restore because I have installed other programs since. Jeff
Guest Jeff@unknown.com Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 Re: Getting rid of PowerToy Virtual Desktop Manager In case others need to know, I finally got rid of "MS Virtual Desktop Manager" by searching for and deleting 2 files leftover after the uninstal: - msdvm.ini - and msdvm.dll The listing for the "Desktop Manager" still exists in the Taskbar toolbar list, but it no longer does anything when clicked on. So it now is just a cosmetic problem. Wonder how to remove it from the Taskbar list of toolbars to avoid later confusion. I searched Regedit and found several "Desktop Manager" instances but did nothing because I was not sure they did not refer to something else. Anyone know? Jeff Jeff@unknown.com wrote: > I installed PowerToy's Virtual Desktop Manager and after playing with > it for a while I decided to uninstall it. (I should have listened to > you P.A. Bear). > > So I went to the Add/Remove Programs and removed it from there. BUT, > it seems to still be there. When I right click on the Taskbar and > click on Toolbars, its toolbar is still there - and still works!! > > I rebooted: no change, it is still there. > > Is it possible to get rid of PowerToy's Virtual Desktop Manager? I > would prefer to not use Restore because I have installed other > programs since. > Jeff
Guest Ron Badour Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 Re: Getting rid of PowerToy Virtual Desktop Manager I don't know if there is a specific entry; however, what I would do is right click the entry in the registry, select export and create a .reg file so you can easily restore the entry should it prove to be related to something else. You could then right click the entry, delete it and either reboot and see it the removal affected toolbar entry or you could push F3 and continue to find and remove all "desktop manager" references (doing the export first of course) before rebooting. I would probably remove all references at one time. -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP Windows Desktop Experience "Jeff@unknown.com" <JeffMalka@orthohelp.com> wrote in message news:%23uFbdAR5IHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > In case others need to know, I finally got rid of "MS Virtual Desktop > Manager" by searching for and deleting 2 files leftover after the > uninstal: > - msdvm.ini > - and msdvm.dll > > The listing for the "Desktop Manager" still exists in the Taskbar toolbar > list, but it no longer does anything when clicked on. So it now is just a > cosmetic problem. > > Wonder how to remove it from the Taskbar list of toolbars to avoid later > confusion. I searched Regedit and found several "Desktop Manager" > instances but did nothing because I was not sure they did not refer to > something else. Anyone know? > > Jeff > > Jeff@unknown.com wrote: >> I installed PowerToy's Virtual Desktop Manager and after playing with >> it for a while I decided to uninstall it. (I should have listened to >> you P.A. Bear). >> >> So I went to the Add/Remove Programs and removed it from there. BUT, >> it seems to still be there. When I right click on the Taskbar and >> click on Toolbars, its toolbar is still there - and still works!! >> >> I rebooted: no change, it is still there. >> >> Is it possible to get rid of PowerToy's Virtual Desktop Manager? I >> would prefer to not use Restore because I have installed other >> programs since. >> Jeff > > >
Guest Jeff@unknown.com Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 Re: Getting rid of PowerToy Virtual Desktop Manager Yes, I had thought of that but chickened out...... I was wondering if anyone knew where Windows keeps the reference to these taskbar toolbars. I checked out the "Taskbar Repair Tool Plus" tool and though it does allow you to remove certain standard toolbars (address, language, Links, Media Player) it has no option to select the Desktop manager for removal. But at least it means someone knows where these toolbars are listed in Windows XP and there is a way to access them. Thanks for taking the time to answer. Jeff Ron Badour wrote: > I don't know if there is a specific entry; however, what I would do > is right click the entry in the registry, select export and create a > .reg file so you can easily restore the entry should it prove to be > related to something else. You could then right click the entry, > delete it and either reboot and see it the removal affected toolbar > entry or you could push F3 and continue to find and remove all > "desktop manager" references (doing the export first of course) > before rebooting. I would probably remove all references at one time. > > "Jeff@unknown.com" <JeffMalka@orthohelp.com> wrote in message > news:%23uFbdAR5IHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> In case others need to know, I finally got rid of "MS Virtual Desktop >> Manager" by searching for and deleting 2 files leftover after the >> uninstal: >> - msdvm.ini >> - and msdvm.dll >> >> The listing for the "Desktop Manager" still exists in the Taskbar >> toolbar list, but it no longer does anything when clicked on. So it >> now is just a cosmetic problem. >> >> Wonder how to remove it from the Taskbar list of toolbars to avoid >> later confusion. I searched Regedit and found several "Desktop >> Manager" instances but did nothing because I was not sure they did >> not refer to something else. Anyone know? >> >> Jeff >> >> Jeff@unknown.com wrote: >>> I installed PowerToy's Virtual Desktop Manager and after playing >>> with it for a while I decided to uninstall it. (I should have >>> listened to you P.A. Bear). >>> >>> So I went to the Add/Remove Programs and removed it from there. BUT, >>> it seems to still be there. When I right click on the Taskbar and >>> click on Toolbars, its toolbar is still there - and still works!! >>> >>> I rebooted: no change, it is still there. >>> >>> Is it possible to get rid of PowerToy's Virtual Desktop Manager? I >>> would prefer to not use Restore because I have installed other >>> programs since. >>> Jeff
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