How To Uninstall An Application That Has No Uninstall Program
If you want to uninstall an application that has no uninstall program and it is not listed in the Add/Remove applet of Control Panel (or that uninstall doesn’t work), then just delete the directory/files.
- Make a backup of the registry
- Shutdown the application, if it’s running (If WinNT+ check also for services)
- Search the registry for any references to the directory where the application resides, and remove them
- Search the registry for any references to the name of the application, and remove them
- Start Regedit and drill down to :
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \SharedDLLs]
- Rename the directory in which the application was installed in the first place
- Reboot and if everything goes well, then delete the renamed directory
Use Explorer to to remove the entries from the Start Menu in either
C:\Documents and Folders\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\ and/or
C:\Documents and Folders\(your username)\Start Menu\Programs\
If there is an entry in the Add/Remove list, start regedit go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
Locate the entry and delete it. If the app has a service, edit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services
and scroll down till you locate it. Then delete it. If this app starts automatically and there is no entry in the StartUp folder(s), then use Regedt32 to edit:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Windows
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Prasad R.Suvarna
