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Old December 27th 06, 07:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Vicki
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Default unable to uninstall a program

hi, i've got a program that is running in the background all the time (dvd43)
that i want to uninstall, when i use add/remove, it tells me to close the
application 1st before uninstalling, but when i try to open the program it
doesn't bring up anything for me to close........any suggestions?
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Old December 27th 06, 07:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Ayush
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Replied to [vicki]s message :
hi, i've got a program that is running in the background all the time (dvd43)
that i want to uninstall, when i use add/remove, it tells me to close the
application 1st before uninstalling, but when i try to open the program it
doesn't bring up anything for me to close........any suggestions?



1. Open Task Manager
2. In "Applications" tab, if the program is listed then [Right click it Go to
process]. If not, go to process tab and look for your program. It will be something
like: dvd43.exe
3. Right click the process name and choose End Process Click Yes.


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Old December 27th 06, 07:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Default unable to uninstall a program

"vicki" wrote

hi, i've got a program that is running in the background all the time
(dvd43)
that i want to uninstall, when i use add/remove, it tells me to close the
application 1st before uninstalling, but when i try to open the program it
doesn't bring up anything for me to close........any suggestions?


Open task manager: right click a blank area of the taskbar, select Task
Manager. Click on the process tab, find it's process, then right click on
it and select end process. There might be more than one process for it.
Use some of these research sites to determine what each process is.

Research sites
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...s/tasklist.htm
http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm

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