Vista - Can't remove file from My Computer

Hi,

I installed some Nokia software on my PC. It never worked on Vista, so I
uninstalled it. There's nothing remaining of Nokia on my PC now (there's
nothing in program files or anywhere else). However, when I click on my
computer that Nokia Phone Browser thing (the link to the image of the problem
is shown below) still appears. I don't know how to remove it.

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/2011/problemth6.jpg

Thanks in advance for any help that might come my way. Appreciate it.

"Hammad Salloo" <Hammad Salloo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:31A62D52-6C4D-413D-82F8-F582492524C6@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I installed some Nokia software on my PC. It never worked on Vista, so I
> uninstalled it. There's nothing remaining of Nokia on my PC now (there's
> nothing in program files or anywhere else). However, when I click on my
> computer that Nokia Phone Browser thing (the link to the image of the
> problem
> is shown below) still appears. I don't know how to remove it.
>
> http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/2011/problemth6.jpg
>
> Thanks in advance for any help that might come my way. Appreciate it.

Download a free program called ShellEXView and run it as administrator. It
should show you any residual hooks left by Nokia and allow you to delete
them.

I still can't remove it. I installed the software. It appears on there. When
I click on file, I get the option to remove the selected item from either My
Computer, Desktop or Control Panel, however I can't click on any of them.
Those 3 options all appear in grey, not black, so, I cannot select any of
them.

Thanks for replying.

Any other ideas?

"PTravel" wrote:

>
> "Hammad Salloo" <Hammad Salloo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:31A62D52-6C4D-413D-82F8-F582492524C6@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I installed some Nokia software on my PC. It never worked on Vista, so I
> > uninstalled it. There's nothing remaining of Nokia on my PC now (there's
> > nothing in program files or anywhere else). However, when I click on my
> > computer that Nokia Phone Browser thing (the link to the image of the
> > problem
> > is shown below) still appears. I don't know how to remove it.
> >
> > http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/2011/problemth6.jpg
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help that might come my way. Appreciate it.
>
> Download a free program called ShellEXView and run it as administrator. It
> should show you any residual hooks left by Nokia and allow you to delete
> them.
>
>

It's a namespace item, that can be removed by deleting the "Nokia Phone Browser" GUID.

<quote>
From: http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/...id=4418&page=3

You could try to remove Windows registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{416651E4-9C3C-11D9-8BDE-F66BAD1E3F3A}]

That should remove the Nokia Phone Browser
</quote>

To open the Registry Editor, type regedit.exe in Start, Search box and press ENTER. Beforing modifying/deleting a key, be sure you backup the branch first by exporting (File - Export option) to a .REG file.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Hammad Salloo" <Hammad Salloo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:31A62D52-6C4D-413D-82F8-F582492524C6@microsoft.com...
Hi,

I installed some Nokia software on my PC. It never worked on Vista, so I
uninstalled it. There's nothing remaining of Nokia on my PC now (there's
nothing in program files or anywhere else). However, when I click on my
computer that Nokia Phone Browser thing (the link to the image of the problem
is shown below) still appears. I don't know how to remove it.

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/2011/problemth6.jpg

Thanks in advance for any help that might come my way. Appreciate it.

Yeahy! That worked. Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> It's a namespace item, that can be removed by deleting the "Nokia Phone Browser" GUID.
>
> <quote>
> From: http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/...id=4418&page=3
>
> You could try to remove Windows registry key:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{416651E4-9C3C-11D9-8BDE-F66BAD1E3F3A}]
>
> That should remove the Nokia Phone Browser
> </quote>
>
> To open the Registry Editor, type regedit.exe in Start, Search box and press ENTER. Beforing modifying/deleting a key, be sure you backup the branch first by exporting (File - Export option) to a .REG file.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Hammad Salloo" <Hammad Salloo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:31A62D52-6C4D-413D-82F8-F582492524C6@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I installed some Nokia software on my PC. It never worked on Vista, so I
> uninstalled it. There's nothing remaining of Nokia on my PC now (there's
> nothing in program files or anywhere else). However, when I click on my
> computer that Nokia Phone Browser thing (the link to the image of the problem
> is shown below) still appears. I don't know how to remove it.
>
> http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/2011/problemth6.jpg
>
> Thanks in advance for any help that might come my way. Appreciate it.
>

You're welcome!

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Hammad Salloo" <HammadSalloo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C4E81211-B4A5-43AF-9C9B-AD8EF56B5D17@microsoft.com...
Yeahy! That worked. Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> It's a namespace item, that can be removed by deleting the "Nokia Phone Browser" GUID.
>
> <quote>
> From: http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/...id=4418&page=3
>
> You could try to remove Windows registry key:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{416651E4-9C3C-11D9-8BDE-F66BAD1E3F3A}]
>
> That should remove the Nokia Phone Browser
> </quote>
>
> To open the Registry Editor, type regedit.exe in Start, Search box and press ENTER. Beforing modifying/deleting a key, be sure you backup the branch first by exporting (File - Export option) to a .REG file.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Hammad Salloo" <Hammad Salloo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:31A62D52-6C4D-413D-82F8-F582492524C6@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I installed some Nokia software on my PC. It never worked on Vista, so I
> uninstalled it. There's nothing remaining of Nokia on my PC now (there's
> nothing in program files or anywhere else). However, when I click on my
> computer that Nokia Phone Browser thing (the link to the image of the problem
> is shown below) still appears. I don't know how to remove it.
>
> http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/2011/problemth6.jpg
>
> Thanks in advance for any help that might come my way. Appreciate it.
>