Uninstalling programs

[ShinyRocks]

When I access the uninstall menu, only half of the programs are showing up. There are some programs that I want to delete but can't because of this. Please help me. thanks!

 

[skullshivers]

a few ways to do this

1) right click the start tab and select explore... this opens trees to everything

2) go to 'my computer' and select the drive and folders that way

3) open the start tab and do a search for the files/proggies that u dont want

4) some proggies (usually the ones you didnt ask for and dont want) require a uninstaller progie from the net

5) u can get a utility (ie:norton) that lets you clean out crap you dont want

as for why all progies dont show up in the add/remove list .. hell if i know lol

 

[ShinyRocks]

Won't manually deleting them would leave fragments of the programs left?

 

[Mitzi]

Originally posted by: ShinyRocks
Won't manually deleting them would leave fragments of the programs left?

In many cases yes but many just install into their parent directory hence removing that is sufficient. Don't the applications you wish to remove have uninstall routines?

 

[Pretty Cool]

Simply deleting a directory completely removes almost no modern applications. Okay, maybe a handfull of small utilites. Doing so will not account for the hundreds of entries(files and registry items) that remain. Improperly deleting programs also leads to those annoying error messages stating that files missing. Likewise, individuals will complain that Windows slows down after time and the only way to remedy this is to reformat. Well, the problem is most likely caused by all that garbage that is leftover when removing programs. Anyway, to answer the original question. The ideal way to uninstall program is to use their built-in routine. Unfortunately, the script is always pathetically inadequate. Hence the proper method is to install a tracking program and monitor EACH individual install. Even this technique is not perfect, but I would consider everything else as being unacceptable.