Help with deleting icons...

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Fallout1312

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Hi. I run windows vista. I recently downloaded a free game called America's Army. It comes with an add on called "americas army server manager". Well I decided I didn't want to play the program anymore so I uninstalled it...no big deal...well, the problem is after I uninstall Americas army, the server manager add on stayed on my hard drive. I tried Uninstalling it from the "add or remove programs" list. But it responds...

"this action is only valid for producs that are currently installed" ...soooo...

I didn't really know what to do to get rid of it so (hoping this would solve the problem) i went to the americas army server manager destination folder and deleted everything. Went back to add or remove programs and the icon is still there. Sooo im just kind of baffled at this point. Its like a blank icon to a program that supposedly is completely removed from the cpu that I can not interact with at all. After browsing help forums I even went as far to delete its registry key code from command prompt....and the icon is still holding strong right there just totally not serving a purpose at all besides taking up space. On the add or remove programs screen it says the file is 11.8MB and since i deleted everthing from the registry i don't know if that means this icon is taking up that much space or if its just a glitch and the icon is just sitting there not taking up any space but for some reason can't be removed.

So to sum it up...I have an app icon in my "add or remove programs list" that cannot be removed. But its entire destination folder has been deleted. Clicking uninstall doesn't help. This is the only place the icon exists it has no purpose. But I can't figure out of to get it out of my add or remove programs list for the life of me. And google'n around hasn't turned up anything that help either. So I figured I would try here. any help is MOST appreciated. Sorry for the length of this post its just that this little icon has been kicking my a@# for the last couple of hours. Any thoughts?
 

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Welcome
Try in safe mode and then reboot.

Still does not work try these ideas
Cannot Remove Icons From Desktop

Try this command

Try to run Chkdsk /f

Start > CMD > Right Click and Run as administrator > Chkdsk /f
Then reboot the System.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...om-the-desktop


A trick that I learned a while back

Right click the icon you want to get rid of and press cut. Bring up task manager go to process tab of taskmanager. End process explorer.exe (right click). Go to applications tab, click new task and type explorer.exe, then ok.
 

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I tried rebooting in safe mode....no success.

Tried chkdsk/f .....no success

and as far as tips for removing icons from the desktop. Although I appreciate the advise, it really doesn't help me here. See the ONLY place (at least that I know of) that I see this icon is in the "add or remove programs section" So if I right click on it the only option I have is to uninstall it. The problem is, that its already uninstalled. and If I click uninstall it says "This action is only valid for products that are currently installed."

And like ive said before, Ive already deleted EVERYTHING associated with this Icon. Its a dead icon. Serves no purpose. There has to be a way to get it off of my add or remove programs list. Some kind of manual removal technique or something. Please...and advice would be nice.
 

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    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
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Yea...those articles don't help. If it was on the desktop i wouldn't have a problem...
Im just going to try and find the original program I had. wich I really didn't want to do. Because theres so many versions and downloads of this game out there. I don't really remember wich version it was that I downloaded. But if I can track it down. Ill try re-installing then un-installing again. Hopefully that might help. I'll report back and let you know. Thanks anyways richc46...

P.S. I'm familar with CCleaner... Ive got it installed on my pc. Ive already tried it and no luck... well if you can think of any other aprroaches im all ears.... Or should i say speakers...lol...
 
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Hi Fallout1312,

Try downloading Revo Pro Uninstaller Trial: Download Revo Uninstaller Freeware - Free and Full Download - Uninstall software, remove programs, solve uninstall problems, install it and run it. If we're lucky, the offending program or programs will appear in the Revo listing. If nothing shows up, then even this program isn't going to work so you can close it. This option is not going to work.

If so, choose the Advanced option and uninstall the program or programs. Some parts may go quickly because it is already "uninstalled." Later you will get to two sections which contain registry entries associated with the program and then folders and files associated with the program that are still on the system. Hopefully one will be that icon. Be very careful when choosing what to delete even though the program prompts you - sometimes it provides options that are not really related and should not be deleted so make sure you are certain before you check the box to delete anything - if in doubt, leave it alone. Once completed with the program or programs, hopefully the icon will be gone.

I hope this helps.

Good luck!
 
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Revno may indeed be good advice
But take note of this'
You must pay after the trial period
 

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    Dell XPS420
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    6 gig
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    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
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    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT

My Computer

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
You are right. I stand corrected. The trial version is the only choice for 64-bit compatibility. But since we're dealing with one incident here, I imagine it will be resolved in somewhat less than 30 days.

Thank you for pointing this out - I missed that aspect. I have edited prior posts to account for this. It's good that working as a team, we can catch such things for each other.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inc. MP061 Inspiron E1705
    CPU
    2.00 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo 64 kilobyte primary memory
    Motherboard
    Board: Dell Inc. 0YD479 Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
    Memory
    2046 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM) [Di
    Sound Card
    SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor (17.2"vis)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200 pixels
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00 [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0, s/n SB2411SJGLLRMB, rev SB4OC74P, SMART Status: Healthy
    Case
    Chassis Serial Number: 5YK95C1
    Keyboard
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech HID-compliant Cordless Mouse
    Internet Speed
    1958 Kbps download ; 754.8 Kbps upload
    Other Info
    Optiarc DVD+-RW AD-5540A ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]

    Dell AIO Printer A940

    Conexant HDA D110 MDC V.92 Modem

    6TO4 Adapter
    Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
    Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter
    Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
    Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

    Router Linksys / WRT54G -01
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