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Postby wiggins » Thu Nov 20, 2003 10:17 am

Hi! How do you get rid of programs which don't disappear after uninstallation?
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Postby Mithrandir » Thu Nov 20, 2003 10:54 am

Define "Don't Dissapear." more. Do you mean that the icon stays on the desktop/quick launch/start menu, or that the program acutally still runs?

Specifying which program you are trying to uninstall might be usefull too.
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Postby inkhana » Thu Nov 20, 2003 11:20 am

I think I might know what he means (forgive me if I'm wrong...:sweat: ) Sometimes when you try to delete something from Add/Remove Programs, it doesn't go away, even if you use the program's official uninstaller. I have trouble with programs doing that.


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Postby wiggins » Thu Nov 20, 2003 11:22 am

Bingo Inkhana! That's exactly my problem.
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Postby inkhana » Thu Nov 20, 2003 11:25 am

Great! Too bad I don't know how to answer your prob...-_- I don't even know where those entries are stored, if they're in the registry or what.


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Postby Heaven's Cloud » Thu Nov 20, 2003 12:34 pm

Justs some further information, if you are running a Gateway you can always go to Gateway GoBack, highlight all of the programs and just press delete. I have done that before. That is really how you get rid of them for good on Gateways.

Since I haven't experimented with other PC's/Mac's, I am not all that sure for them. I do know a little about Apple, but not all that much.
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Postby Mithrandir » Thu Nov 20, 2003 1:54 pm

Hmm. You mean they don't disapear from the uninstaller, or the start menu?
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Postby wiggins » Thu Nov 20, 2003 2:04 pm

the add or remove programs list I mean
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Postby Heaven's Cloud » Thu Nov 20, 2003 2:11 pm

You mean the add/remove list in your Control Panel? The way you would knock them off of your computer completely is to highlight the one you want to uninstall and press add/remove. It might take a minute, but that is the way I know if you mean that way.
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Postby Mithrandir » Thu Nov 20, 2003 2:14 pm

Hmm. If they are still in that list, then it means the installer was not able to remove everything. It's kinda complex to remove them from there. I can walk you through deleting the files manually, and freeing up the space on the start bar, if you want. What's the OS? XP? 2000? 98? ME? I'll lookup how to remove it from that bar.
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Postby Retten » Thu Nov 20, 2003 2:23 pm

Wow 2 Gandalfs very confusing :dizzy:

Quote Annoyances.org: TweakUI has it's own Add/Remove tab which can be used to get rid of annoying entries in the real Add/Remove that don't go away when the program is uninstalled. Check that out and see if that doesn't get rid of the entry for you.

TweakUI download at http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui
Make sure you get the right one for you OS it was created by Microsoft to tweak your system and do all kinds of registry stuff its a great program I love being able to get rid of the shortcut arrows. :thumb:
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Postby The Silence » Thu Nov 20, 2003 2:26 pm

Set your computer on fire. That'll kill it... :evil:
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Postby Mithrandir » Thu Nov 20, 2003 2:28 pm

Good point, WB. I forgot about that. If you wan't to tweak the different system settings, that's really the way to go. It's much easier than editing the registry!

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Postby Tycho » Thu Nov 20, 2003 3:05 pm

If they are on the add/remove list but don't exist on the machine, it means you deleted them manually. The control panel won't be able to remove them because it can't find the appropriate uninstaller(since its been deleted). Two solutions.

1) Reinstall the program, then remove from the control panel.
2) Go registry diving and remove the entries. This is VERY DANGEROUS and shouldn't be attempted by anyone without a good level of windows experience.
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Postby wiggins » Thu Nov 20, 2003 3:43 pm

oldphilosopher wrote:Hmm. If they are still in that list, then it means the installer was not able to remove everything. It's kinda complex to remove them from there. I can walk you through deleting the files manually, and freeing up the space on the start bar, if you want. What's the OS? XP? 2000? 98? ME? I'll lookup how to remove it from that bar.


Thanks oldphilosopher! :hug: The OS is xp

If registry diving is so dangerous, I don't think I can do it :waah!:

And I can't re-install the programs because they say its already installed (despite the fact that I uninstalled it...) :comp:
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Postby inkhana » Thu Nov 20, 2003 4:04 pm

Registry diving is fun...:evil: Actually I've been known to blow an afternoon studying it's awesomely large expanse...*snickers* Though I did find ways to do some cool stuff.


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