Thanks all for the suggestions and I tried CCleaner. It gives you a
list of the problems it finds in the registry but when you tell it to
FIX, it does not seem to do anything. When you scan again you don't
expect it to keep finding the same stuff you just fixed.
I did use it to delete the other stuff, cookies, history, etc. and
when I went to program and features, the program was still listed
there but when I clicked on it to uninstall, I was told it appears to
be uninstalled and asked me if I want to remove it from this list.
That seems to have worked now.
Al
On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 13:10:05 -0700, "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net>
wrote:
>I agree, but make sure you back up any entries you delete. CCleaner
>provides and easy way to do this.
>
>"Spirit" <noone@notthere.net> wrote in message
>news:ubzwTJt1HHA.5616@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Get CCcleaner and Wise Registry Cleaner both are free.
>>
>> http://www.ccleaner.com/
>>
>> http://www.wisecleaner.com/
>>
>> Although I consider both programs safe NEVER remove a registry
>> entry unless you are SURE exactly what it does. Easy enough to
>> research any suspected entries using Google.
>>
>>
>> "Al" <al_kaufmann@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1ol9b3dnn5eiu1dqnbpa2q8kfrq0bkq45s@4ax.com...
>>>I just uninstalled a program on this Home Premium 64bit system and it
>>> left a few things lying around. I manually deleted the
>>> files/directories it could not delete but the program still shows as
>>> installed when you go into Programs & Features. Of course it is NOT
>>> installed and clicking on it and telling it to uninstall gets you
>>> nowhere. It is suggested that you install the program and try it
>>> again. I did with the same results. :-(
>>>
>>> There used to be a good Program for Windows XP Pro that you could use
>>> to remove this program fromn that list, I think it was part of
>>> PowerTools. Is there something like that for Vista?
>>>
>>> Also I looked at registry cleaners to see if they could do the job.
>>> Now they all seem to scan for free but they want the money if you
>>> expect them to actually do anything. If I buy it, would it remove
>>> that program from showing up in the install program list?
>>>
>>> I guess there are a lot of program that do not clean up after
>>> themselves properly, it found 397 things in my registry that could be
>>> deleted.
>>>
>>> Al
>>