Add/Remove

Been cleaning off a hard drive w/o reformatting. I have been removing
unwanted programs, first through the add/remove. Some that I have removed
are still populating the add/remove program. How can I get rid of the
references. I have alreaqdy gone to the folders and removed them and even
to the Registry. Reboots don't seem to do the trick. Any thoughts out
there?

There are 3rd party programs that can remove a listing from the add/remove
programs list.
CCleaner is one (www.ccleaner.com) but simply removing the listing does not
take care of the actual problem which is a registry problem.
Another alternative is to re-install the program and then un-install it
again.
You can also search the Registry for the file name your want to remove and
delete the entries you find.
BUT remember that editing the Registry is an easy way to really SCREW your
computer, Make backups first.

"Nate Rosenthal" <ncrose@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Been cleaning off a hard drive w/o reformatting. I have been removing
> unwanted programs, first through the add/remove. Some that I have removed
> are still populating the add/remove program. How can I get rid of the
> references. I have alreaqdy gone to the folders and removed them and even
> to the Registry. Reboots don't seem to do the trick. Any thoughts out
> there?
>

there are freewares available
that can delete unwanted
entries from the a/r listing.

this utility is nifty and i think
it will help you. i use it all
the time:

http://www.amsn.ro/

by going into the system
configuration option, you
will have the option to
"delete" or "uninstall"
a/r entries from the list.

since you have uninstalled
and deleted folders, then
you need simply to "delete"
the line entries.

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"Nate Rosenthal" <ncrose@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Been cleaning off a hard drive w/o reformatting. I have been removing
> unwanted programs, first through the add/remove. Some that I have removed are
> still populating the add/remove program. How can I get rid of the references.
> I have alreaqdy gone to the folders and removed them and even to the Registry.
> Reboots don't seem to do the trick. Any thoughts out there?
>

Open the registry editor to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall

There are subkeys under Uninstall that will contain the names of the
programs (and updates) on the add/remove list. Right click the ones that
have been uninstalled and delete the subkeys.
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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP Shell User


"Nate Rosenthal" <ncrose@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Been cleaning off a hard drive w/o reformatting. I have been removing
> unwanted programs, first through the add/remove. Some that I have removed
> are still populating the add/remove program. How can I get rid of the
> references. I have alreaqdy gone to the folders and removed them and even
> to the Registry. Reboots don't seem to do the trick. Any thoughts out
> there?
>

He can go here and download a script that will list all string to uninstall
programs.
http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=118

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"Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddressBuddy.com> wrote in message
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> Open the registry editor to this key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall
>
> There are subkeys under Uninstall that will contain the names of the
> programs (and updates) on the add/remove list. Right click the ones that
> have been uninstalled and delete the subkeys.
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> Regards
>
> Ron Badour
> MS MVP Shell User
>
>
> "Nate Rosenthal" <ncrose@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:wNOdnY69xYyH0-vVnZ2dnUVZ_tfinZ2d@comcast.com...
>> Been cleaning off a hard drive w/o reformatting. I have been removing
>> unwanted programs, first through the add/remove. Some that I have
>> removed are still populating the add/remove program. How can I get rid
>> of the references. I have alreaqdy gone to the folders and removed them
>> and even to the Registry. Reboots don't seem to do the trick. Any
>> thoughts out there?
>>
>
>

> Been cleaning off a hard drive w/o reformatting. I have been removing
> unwanted programs, first through the add/remove. Some that I have
> removed are still populating the add/remove program. How can I get
> rid of the references. I have alreaqdy gone to the folders and
> removed them and even to the Registry. Reboots don't seem to do the
> trick. Any thoughts out there?

Search for AddRemovePro. Just like the Add/Remove feature but also lets
you remove duplicates, bad entries, etc etc.. Real handy.

HTH

How to manually remove programs from the Add or Remove Programs tool:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314481

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"Nate Rosenthal" <ncrose@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:wNOdnY69xYyH0-vVnZ2dnUVZ_tfinZ2d@comcast.com...
> Been cleaning off a hard drive w/o reformatting. I have been removing
> unwanted programs, first through the add/remove. Some that I have removed
> are still populating the add/remove program. How can I get rid of the
> references. I have alreaqdy gone to the folders and removed them and even
> to the Registry. Reboots don't seem to do the trick. Any thoughts out
> there?
>

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:58:00 -0400, "Nate Rosenthal" <ncrose@comcast.net> wrote:

>Been cleaning off a hard drive w/o reformatting. I have been removing
>unwanted programs, first through the add/remove. Some that I have removed
>are still populating the add/remove program. How can I get rid of the
>references. I have alreaqdy gone to the folders and removed them and even
>to the Registry. Reboots don't seem to do the trick. Any thoughts out
>there?
>

Get Revo uninstaller that will search and remove left out stuff from folders as
well as registry

http://www.revouninstaller.com

HTH
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Thanks for your time and attention

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