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Forum Thread: Deleting end-of-life programs.
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| donslund | Deleting end-of-life programs. |
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28th Feb, 2011 23:01 |
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Ranking: 0 Posts: 3 User Since: 28th Feb, 2011 System Score: N/A Location: DK Last edited on 28th Feb, 2011 23:01 |
How can I delete end of life programs? Yes, I can navigate to the specified folder, right-click the file and delte. But that leaves a lot of trash on my computer while all the rest og the program files still are on my computer. How can I delete it entirely? |
| Maurice Joyce | RE: Deleting end-of-life programs. | ||||||||
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28th Feb, 2011 23:04 | ||||||||
| Score: 10495 Posts: 8,061 User Since: 4th Jan 2009 System Score: 100% Location: UK Last edited on 28th Feb, 2011 23:59 |
CLEARING UP LEFTOVERS FROM AN UNINSTALL USING THE REGISTRY Clearing up any dross that may remain in the Registry after an uninstall is a fairly simple affair. IT IS IMPORTANT U FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LETTER. TINKERING IN THE REGISTRY BEYOND THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BELOW AND GETTING IT WRONG CAN,IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, CAUSE A SEVERE LOSS OF HUMOUR AFTER A RESTART AND WINDOWS REFUSES TO BOOT! IT IS WRITTEN FOR A COMPLETE NOVICE USER. 1. Opening REGEDIT a. XP Users - Go to Start>Run>in the box that appears type regedit>click OK on the box>U are now in the Registry. b. Vista & Windows 7 Users - Click Start>type regedit in the search box>REGEDIT.EXE will appear at the top of the list>click it>from the prompt allow the programme to run>U are now in the Registry. 2. Finding the correct key to modify - it is the same procedure for ALL versions of Windows. a.Look in the LEFT pane for the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER>expand the key by clicking on the arrow to the left. c.Look for SOFTWARE>expand that key by clicking the arrow. All the programmes installed (and no doubt many more U thought U had uninstalled) on the PC are exposed. LEFT click on the folder of the programme U wish to remove. When U click on any key it is normal that the "nitty gritty" elements of that folder are exposed in the right hand pane for U to double check that is the programme U wish to remove. Once satisfied U have found the data RIGHT click the folder in the LEFT pane & delete. Now navigate to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>expand to SOFTWARE & repeat the procedure U have just done. It is worth spending a bit of time with these two keys as there could be other dross in there. JUST BE VERY CAREFUL & ONLY REMOVE PROGRAMMES U ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE ARE NO LONGER INSTALLED ON YOUR PC. IF UNSURE ASK BEFORE DELETING. If U have removed extra dross have U cleared it from both HKEY areas? U should not be alarmed if some programmes are in one HKEY & not in the other. If happy,exit the registry by clicking the red X (top right). Reboot. Original 22:55 10/01/2011 -- Maurice Windows 7 SP1 64 Bit OS HP Intel Pentium i7 IE 10 for Windows 7 16GB RAM |
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| Daniel1000 | RE: Deleting end-of-life programs. | ||||||||
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1st Mar, 2011 08:59 | ||||||||
| Score: -10 Posts: 7 User Since: 28th Feb 2011 System Score: N/A Location: DE Last edited on 1st Mar, 2011 09:01 |
A more easy way is: Open the Control Panel (ger: Systemsteuerung) Open Programs or Software Right-click on the particular program and uninstall it. (This will only work properly if you have not deleted some program files manually.) |
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| donslund | RE: Deleting end-of-life programs. | ||||||||
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2nd Mar, 2011 14:38 | ||||||||
| Score: 0 Posts: 3 User Since: 28th Feb 2011 System Score: N/A Location: DK |
The problem is, that the programs doesn't figure on the Add/Remove programs list. So I guesss it is the hard way. |
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| Anthony Wells | RE: Deleting end-of-life programs. | ||||||||
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2nd Mar, 2011 16:17 | ||||||||
| Score: 2324 Posts: 3,203 User Since: 19th Dec 2007 System Score: N/A Location: N/A |
Hi , The manual way may be longer , but if you follow Maurice Joyce's excellent instructions you are in some control , at least . There are very good clean up programmes such as Revo Uninstaller - free and paid for versions - but there you relinquish some control of what you are doing . The hard way is when somebody or something 'cleans up" too efficiently and you break the system . Take care Anthony -- It always seems impossible until its done. Nelson Mandela |
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| Maurice Joyce | RE: Deleting end-of-life programs. | ||||||||
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6th Mar, 2011 22:56 | ||||||||
| Score: 10495 Posts: 8,061 User Since: 4th Jan 2009 System Score: 100% Location: UK |
How are U getting on - is the problem fixed or do U require more help? -- Maurice Windows 7 SP1 64 Bit OS HP Intel Pentium i7 IE 10 for Windows 7 16GB RAM |
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| xyzzy | RE: Deleting end-of-life programs. | ||||||||
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9th Mar, 2011 04:30 | ||||||||
| Score: -17 Posts: 38 User Since: 7th Mar 2008 System Score: 98% Location: DE Last edited on 9th Mar, 2011 04:30 |
on 1st Mar, 2011 08:59, Daniel1000 wrote: A more easy way is: Sure, but I guess Maurice's recipe is for programs without uninstaller. Or after a dirty "manual" deletion also removed the uninstaller. I had this issue with the "googlebar" (dirty delete, because I saw no "uninstall") and later fixed it by re-install + clean uninstall. |
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