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Removal of Unwanted Progs
hi,
i am trying to remove a prog which is not listed in the 'add/remove' menu - i remember previously seeing a post which gave a 'cmd' file which enabled you to make any prog visible within the 'add/remove' list. any clues would be appreciated cheers derek |
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Removal of Unwanted Progs
"Derek" wrote:
i am trying to remove a prog which is not listed in the 'add/remove' menu - i remember previously seeing a post which gave a 'cmd' file which enabled you to make any prog visible within the 'add/remove' list. You seem to refer to "Adding Optional Components to Add/Remove Programs Tool" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=223182). However, this will only add some Windows components but no third-party applications. To remove them manually, delete the files and folders that belong to the program and then scan the Registry for the name of the application and the folder where it resided to delete references that are now useless. You can alternatively use the jv16 Power Tools (http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/index.php) for this, but you should not delete things from the Registry from which you do not know what they are to avoid problems with your Windows installation. Alternatively: if an remove entry was avaialble in the Control Panel before, reinstall the program on top of the existing files. This will bring the entry back so that you can delete the application as usual. -- (tm) |
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