I Have Recently Uninstalled Two Programs From My Pc ,now In Add/remove It Shows They Are Still There......when I Try To Remove Them Again It Says Missing Such N Such File ???? I Have Encountered This Problem Once Before But The Thing Is I Can't Remeber "sometimers Lol" How To Correct This Problem Any Ideas Please Help I'm Boggled ......

Have you tried doing a search for the programs (including hidden files and folders) and deleting them manually chopper?.
I often find that if i delete a program using Add/Remove programs, that i can still find plenty of the programs files still littering my computer

Originally Posted by Vidster

Have you tried doing a search for the programs (including hidden files and folders) and deleting them manually chopper?.
I often find that if i delete a program using Add/Remove programs, that i can still find plenty of the programs files still littering my computer

OK THE PROGRAM I'M DEALING WITH IS DOWNLOAD ACCELERATOR PLUS NOW I FOUND THE FOLDER IN PROGRAM FILES I CLICKED ON IT AND THE PROGRAM RAN.................SO I TRIED TO DELETE THE FOLDER ITSELF AND IT SAID CANNOT DELETE DAP.EXE MAKE SURE DISK IS NOT FULL OR WRITE PROTECTED AND THAT THE FILE IS NOT CURRENTLY IN USE ???/

It may be worth trying in safe mode chopper :?

Ok That One I Was Able To Delete ,now For The Other Program . THANKS VIDSTER ALL IS OK NOW I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO DELETE A FOLDER JUST IN CASE A DLL FILE WAS IN USE BY ANOTHER PROGRAM BUT ALL SEEMS FINE.

If your 100% sure you have uninstalled somthing, but its still in Add/Remove:

Open regedit and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Uninstall

From there you can delete any thing that you dont want. This doesnt uninstall the program, it just removes its entry from Add/Remove programs list.

Originally Posted by cache

If your 100% sure you have uninstalled somthing, but its still in Add/Remove:

Open regedit and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Uninstall

From there you can delete any thing that you dont want. This doesnt uninstall the program, it just removes its entry from Add/Remove programs list.

OK THANKS CACHE I KNEW THERE WAS A WAY IN THE REGISTRY JUST COULDN'T REMEMBER

Suggestion: When I do a manual delete, as Vidster has suggested, I don't delete the file. I MOVE it to a place like My Docs. Easy Path to find. Then I shutdown. I do not reboot. Restart, and open a few things, and if all seems well THEN I hit the delete button :roll:

Safe Deleting, Guys

Viktoria