Registry

I have removed a program but there is an entry in the registry that I
am unable to delete. Any assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks.

On 7/7/2012 3:21 AM, Usafretcol wrote:
> I have removed a program but there is an entry in the registry that I
> am unable to delete. Any assistance would be appreciated.
> Thanks.
Semantics -- did you "remove" by deleting, or did you "uninstall" the
program via windows Control Panel Programs & Features?

You may be able to remove the entry by running regedit as an
administrator, or logging in as "the administrator".
Failing that, It's possible that reinstalling the program, then
uninstalling it will get things done.

What was the program? Some scatter stuff all over the registry.
MS Office is a prime example.

If the program was shareware or a "trial" version, some effort may have
been made to hide or "lock" registry entries, in order to prevent
evading the expiration restrictions.

Usafretcol wrote:
> I have removed a program but there is an entry in the registry that I
> am unable to delete. Any assistance would be appreciated.
> Thanks.

Details, please. What exactly is the entry you want to remove?
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Crash

"In politics, stupidity is not a handicap."
~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~

On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 02:21:15 -0500, Usafretcol wrote:
>
> I have removed a program but there is an entry in the registry that I
> am unable to delete. Any assistance would be appreciated.
> Thanks.

Apparently you've been spending a lot of time at the Massachusetts
Home for the Vague.

Which program?

How did you "remove" it?

Which entry in the registry?

What method did you use to delete it?

What error message did you receive, or what happened, when you tried
that method?

Some here may be psychic, for all I know, but the great majority are
not. If you want help with a problem, you need to describe the
problem clearly.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

On 07/07/2012 3:21 AM, Usafretcol wrote:
> I have removed a program but there is an entry in the registry that I
> am unable to delete. Any assistance would be appreciated.
> Thanks.

Like the other respondents, I'd like to know more detail. If you can't
remove the registry entry, it's "locked". Rebooting may unlock it. OTOH,
it may be locked by another entry, in which case you _may_ be able to
delete it if you start Windows in Safe mode, no networking etc.

In the meantime some comments:
To remove a program completely, use a 3rd party utility such as Revo
Uninstall (free) or Your Uninstaller (free trial version), etc. These
utilities will delete junk that Windows Uninstall leaves behind.

To get rid of out-date registry entries, I have used CCleaner, which is
designed to delete junk files. It includes a registry cleaning tool
which will do a decent job.

HTH
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Best,
Wolf K
kirkwood40.blogspot.ca

On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 02:21:15 -0500, Usafretcol <> wrote:

>I have removed a program but there is an entry in the registry that I
>am unable to delete. Any assistance would be appreciated.
>Thanks.

As the other replies, need more information. There are many programs that
don't remove 'everything'. Norton being one of the worst offenders. There
are also some sections of the registry that are hard or impossible to
delete. Unless the entry you are trying to remove is causing a problem,
just forget about it.


KenW

On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:55:59 -0400, Wolf K wrote:
> To remove a program completely, use a 3rd party utility such as Revo
> Uninstall (free) or Your Uninstaller (free trial version), etc. These
> utilities will delete junk that Windows Uninstall leaves behind.

Just as note: As I understand things -- and someone correct me if
I'm wrong -- Windows uninstall doesn't decide what to remote and what
to leave behind. That's decided by the application program's
installer, which writes an uninstall script to be called from Control
Panel when the user requests an uninstall. If registry entries or
files are left behind, as I understand things that's the fault of the
writer of the application, not of Windows.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:55:59 -0400, Wolf K <>
wrote:

>To get rid of out-date registry entries, I have used CCleaner, which is
>designed to delete junk files. It includes a registry cleaning tool
>which will do a decent job.

Many of us in this newsgroup are of the opinion that *all* registry
cleaners are snake oil and should be avoided.

--

Char Jackson

Wolf K wrote:
> On 07/07/2012 3:21 AM, Usafretcol wrote:
>> I have removed a program but there is an entry in the registry that
>> I am unable to delete. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>
> Like the other respondents, I'd like to know more detail. If you
> can't remove the registry entry, it's "locked". Rebooting may unlock
> it. OTOH, it may be locked by another entry, in which case you _may_
> be able to delete it if you start Windows in Safe mode, no
> networking etc.
>
> In the meantime some comments: To remove a program completely, use a
> 3rd party utility such as Revo Uninstall (free) or Your Uninstaller
> (free trial version), etc. These utilities will delete junk that
> Windows Uninstall leaves behind.
>
> To get rid of out-date registry entries, I have used CCleaner, which
> is designed to delete junk files. It includes a registry cleaning
> tool which will do a decent job.

I have used Revo Uninstaller, but it has one glaring fault. It doesn't
do 64 bit programs. I have replaced it with Advanced Uninstaller, also free.
http://www.advanceduninstaller.com/
--
Crash

"The future ain't what it used to be."
~ Yogi Berra ~

On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:31:15 -0400, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

> I have used Revo Uninstaller, but it has one glaring fault.

And the free version isn't so good at removing remnants of deleted
programs.