Bob
December 6th 03, 01:46 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>I installed a program and now i don't need it anymore,
so
>I ran Add/Remove programs and deleted it but it left a
>bunch of files still on my computer. So I manually
>deleted most of them but some can't be deleted saying
>that they are right protected or somthing like that, but
>now when i open the internet and try to type in an
>address, or click the drop down menu of recently visited
>sites, Windows Installer opens and tried to install this
>program. And since some of the files are still there an
>error pops and and says to remove the program before
>installing it again. I can't find any more of the files
>from the program to delete, or any that it will allow me
>too. Just wondering how i can manually remove them all
>or stop the installer from popping up.
>.
>Have you tried at your desk top opening search and
tiping in the name of the program. You will get a lot of
left over strings to delete.
Bob
>I installed a program and now i don't need it anymore,
so
>I ran Add/Remove programs and deleted it but it left a
>bunch of files still on my computer. So I manually
>deleted most of them but some can't be deleted saying
>that they are right protected or somthing like that, but
>now when i open the internet and try to type in an
>address, or click the drop down menu of recently visited
>sites, Windows Installer opens and tried to install this
>program. And since some of the files are still there an
>error pops and and says to remove the program before
>installing it again. I can't find any more of the files
>from the program to delete, or any that it will allow me
>too. Just wondering how i can manually remove them all
>or stop the installer from popping up.
>.
>Have you tried at your desk top opening search and
tiping in the name of the program. You will get a lot of
left over strings to delete.
Bob