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Old 02-02-2006, 04:39 AM
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add/remove software problems

Hi

A while back I removed a game from my system, but in the add/ remove software there's still a small part in the list. If I try to remove it, the setup starts and that's it. It terminates the program. I tried to reinstall the game to be able to delete again, but no luck. Same setup. Same end. I then remove all files that where related to the game ans I could find, but still no luck.

Why is the setup still running when I try to delete? Does that mean there's is still software on the system? Where can I find that last piece of software?

Does anybody know?

Thanks!
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Old 02-02-2006, 06:21 AM
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Go to Start-->Run-->type: "regedit" (without the quotes)-->navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Uninstall

From there you'll fing the "Add/Remove Programs" entry for this software. Open it's key an find out where it's executable is stored, delete that, then delete it's registry.

Backup the registry first, blah blah blah.
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Old 02-02-2006, 12:45 PM
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Thank You. I'gonna give it a go
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