How to remove Programs listed in the ADD/Remove Panel

[LED]

I have many programs that are listed in the Add/Remove Panel within the Control Panel but are no longer on my Puter after changing Vid cards, Firewall, Virus and others...any thoughts outside off hunting them down in te Registry>

TIA

 

[mikecel79]

They are all listed in the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall. Just remove them from there.

 

[LED]

Thanks...some are but not sll of them (ie ATI, Far Cry, Rad Linker, Epson Stuffs, Spam Catcher, Ulead) to mention a few...

 

[ViRGE]

Just get the TweakUI PowerToy - one of the functions is provides is the removal of uninstall entries just like what you're after.

 

[Nocturnal]

Hijack This -- Tool used to remove spyware has a misc function that removes entries from your Add/Remove control panel.

 

[sourceninja]

You can also use ccleaner to remove add/remove program entrys that are no longer installed. Amoung other great things it does.

 

[LED]

THnaks...I'll keep tryimg but unclean by CNet and CrapCleaner didn't work either

 

[Nocturnal]

Use Hijack This, it will work.

 

[LED]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Use Hijack This, it will work.

NOPE

 

[sourceninja]

Click delete this entry and not uninstall. If they are no longer on your computer, then there is nothing to uninstall, you just need to delete the entry.

 

[LED]

Ummm It's kinna hard to delete an entry when it's not even listed

 

[RVN]

In CCleaner under "Issues" run "Scan For Issues" ...it will find the offending registry entries ...then "fix" them by deletion.

I remove the contents of all of my $Nt backups and rely on CCleaner to find the leftover registry entries and delete them all quickly and efficiently all the time.

 

[LED]

Thanks RVN but I've used CrapCleaner since it's 1st release and it's still a no go

 

[sourceninja]

Wait, no registry entrys, and no add remove program entrys?

Well then, just go find the folders in C:\ and delete them.

programs only put things in 3 places.

The registry (ccleaner will take care of that after program files is deleted)

Add and remove programs (which is actually just a registry entry)

And the C:\ (tipically c:\program files\program name.

So delete the program. Then run ccleaner to clean up any reg entrys.

 

[LED]

Nope no Folders....I'm guessing that they are in one of the #'d registry Folders.
What happenned was I switched a HD from my NF2 DFI Lan Party back to my RMA'd Abit with only me being the logon Admin/User.
Edit+ When i did that I switched Vid cards from ATI to NVidia so the Cat Drivers which require MS Net may have someting to do with it.

 

[sourceninja]

I dont understand your problem. I thought I did, but your saying you have applications on your computer that you need to remove, only they do not have entrys in add and remove programs, do not have any registry entrys and do not have any files on the PC?

 

[LED]

It's the other way around...I have the apps removed but the are still in my Add/Remove Programs listed

 

[sourceninja]

Ok, i get it now. Well if tweakui, hijack this and ccleaner can't see them. I'm at a loss. Maybe breakout regedit and do some searches.

 

[LED]

LOL...or maybe leave well enough alone ...Thanks for the input