Sometimes when you uninstall a program, corresponding entry in the Add or Remove Programs listing may not be removed. This may be due to incomplete uninstall or poorly designed uninstaller itself. To manually remove the orphaned entries from the Add or Remove Programs applet, follow these steps:
* Click Start, Run and type regedit.exe
* Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall
* Backup the branch to a file
Note: Each subkey represents a program that you've installed. To determine which program that each key represents, click the key, and then view the DisplayName value data in the right pane
* Select the subkey that you want to delete
* Right-click on the subkey and choose Delete
* Close Registry Editor
Contents
- Introduction
- Windows Registry Basic
- Creating Backup of Windows Registry
- How to Install Windows XP on your CD/DVD/Pen drive
- How to quickly reset all the System Restore points
- How to Repair Install XP without data loss
- Installing the Recovery Console
- Giving Recovery Console access to all directories
- How to Repair a corrupt or damage Boot Sector
- Can't Start Windows XP
- "NTLDR is missing" error message
- Removing invalid entries from Add or Remove Programs
- Change the Registered Owner and Organization in the registry
- Remove or modify the arrow used on shortcuts
- How to delete a zero byte file that cannot be deleted in windows
- Fixing Windows XP forgets my folder view settings
- Jump to a registry key directly
- Disable the Windows XP Splash Screen / logo at startup
- Change the Windows Logon screen background color
- How To Change the Windows Logon Screen Saver
- Stop long delay in My Computer
- How to Use Driver Verifier to Troubleshoot Windows Drivers
- What is Spyware and Adware?
- Do your Windows need a Registry Repair Software?
- Six Criteria of a good registry repair software