hiya, I installed a program a while ago then i uninstalled it. The problem is that i don't want anybody to know that i have used this program before. For example if i right click on the little arrow on the bottom right of the screen and then and then click on properties i would get a window called taskbar and start menu properties, in that window, if i click on customize i would see "current items" and "past items". Under past items, if a person would look there, they would know that i had the previous program that i have installed a while ago. So how can i get rid of little traces of program left-overs that i have had on my computer.

Thank you,

Katrina.

How To clear the Past Items or Icons list in the TaskBar, perform the following steps:

1.Open Regedit (start > Run... > regedit) and navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\TrayNotify

2.Delete the IconStreams and PastIconsStream values

3.Open Task Manager, click the Processes tab, click Explorer.exe , and then click End Process .

4.In Task Manager, click File , click New Task , type explorer , and then click OK .


If anyone "really" wanted to find it they could unless you destroy the hard drive in an apocalyptical manner.


A little registry cleaning might also help:

http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm


Like altering system files, modifying the registry can be risky and D-A-L.com and its members cannot accept liability for any adverse effects caused by following advice freely given on this site.

hi jephree,

the registry cleaner really did help alot, thanks for that. I went to the registry editor HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer but i couldn't find TrayNotify. i have windows vista by the way. thanks for your help again, i really mean it.

Thank you! See if this helps:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/