Guest Pete Posted August 14, 2007 Posted August 14, 2007 During installation of a program there was a problem and the Uninstall part of the program did not get installed. The program itself did not function properly and I needed to uninstall it but could not do so via Add/Remove Programs. I had to resort to deleting the program folder from Program Files. Now under System Configuration the WIN.INI file shows an entry for this program with sub headings (User Name, Version, ExecPath etc). I would like to remove this entry - is it ok to edit the WIN.INI file in Notepad and delete the entry or is this not a good idea? I realise that I can disable the item in the System Configuration Utility but this changes startup from Normal to Selective and I would prefer to leave this as Normal.
Guest Kelly Posted August 14, 2007 Posted August 14, 2007 Re: WIN.INI Hi Pete, Try some of these steps first: Troubleshooting, Removing and/or Cleaning Add or Remove Programs http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_a.htm#addremove -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Pete" <pitsofearth@msn.com> wrote in message news:u%239jYUo3HHA.5724@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > During installation of a program there was a problem and the Uninstall > part of the program did not get installed. The program itself did not > function properly and I needed to uninstall it but could not do so via > Add/Remove Programs. I had to resort to deleting the program folder from > Program Files. > > Now under System Configuration the WIN.INI file shows an entry for this > program with sub headings (User Name, Version, ExecPath etc). I would > like to remove this entry - is it ok to edit the WIN.INI file in Notepad > and delete the entry or is this not a good idea? I realise that I can > disable the item in the System Configuration Utility but this changes > startup from Normal to Selective and I would prefer to leave this as > Normal. > >
Guest Tim Slattery Posted August 14, 2007 Posted August 14, 2007 Re: WIN.INI "Pete" <pitsofearth@msn.com> wrote: >During installation of a program there was a problem and the Uninstall part >of the program did not get installed. The program itself did not function >properly and I needed to uninstall it but could not do so via Add/Remove >Programs. I had to resort to deleting the program folder from Program >Files. > >Now under System Configuration the WIN.INI file shows an entry for this >program with sub headings (User Name, Version, ExecPath etc). I would like >to remove this entry - is it ok to edit the WIN.INI file in Notepad and >delete the entry or is this not a good idea? I realise that I can disable >the item in the System Configuration Utility but this changes startup from >Normal to Selective and I would prefer to leave this as Normal. That should work fine. Make a copy of the original, of course. And you might comment out the offending lines rather than deleting them until you're sure everything works right. You comment a line in a *.ini file by preceding it with a semicolon (;). -- Tim Slattery MS MVP(DTS) Slattery_T@bls.gov http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
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