Solve : Programs Won't Uninstall...too many apps?

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Answer» Then what makes you think all these apps are installed ? ? If they don't show in Add/Remove or Explorer Program Files where would they be ? ? I'm confused...sorry.So far I tried the following step from the link you provided, but it didn't work. I am GOING to try the others... will let you know if I have any success. [NOTE: Open the Control Panel (Classic View) and click Programs and Features. If the uninstall option does not appear or Programs and Features is not displaying correctly, then try resetting the Folder View setting using METHOD TWO here: How to Reset Windows Explorer Folder View Settings to Make Vista Remember] I was able to remove the traces of the uninstalled programs with Windows Install Clean Up -- it worked like magic! Thank you, Allen, for helping me! Have a pleasant day.Okay, then it looks like phantom entries in the registry. See if that link above helps.what happens when you double-click in an item in "programs and features"? Quote If I double-click an entry in the P&Fs it doesn't do anything How do you mean "doesn't do anything"? do you LITERALLY mean that nothing happens? try right-clicking and selecting "uninstall". Additionally- what do you hope to gain by uninstalling anything- note at the bottom it says "currently installed programs 104 programs installed, total size 2.11GB" so you probably won't get very much free space simply by uninstalling programs anyway. BC - I'm GUESSING they are left over entries of apps that are not installed. Not sure how it HAPPENED for so many apps, but I think he just wants to "clean out" the phantom entries.Quote from: Allan on March 03, 2010, 05:51:48 AM BC - I'm guessing they are left over entries of apps that are not installed. Not sure how it happened for so many apps, but I think he just wants to "clean out" the phantom entries. Ahh... well, if that's the case, ccleaner posesses a "tools" item labelled "uninstall" that allows you to do everything you can do in the uninstall applet, including removing orphaned entries. Yep - he said he tried ccleaner. I POSTED a link to several methods including direct registry editing as a last option.

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Then what makes you think all these apps are installed ? ?
If they don't show in Add/Remove or Explorer Program Files where would they be ? ?
I'm confused...sorry.So far I tried the following step from the link you provided, but it didn't work. I am GOING to try the others... will let you know if I have any success.

[NOTE: Open the Control Panel (Classic View) and click Programs and Features. If the uninstall option does not appear or Programs and Features is not displaying correctly, then try resetting the Folder View setting using METHOD TWO here: How to Reset Windows Explorer Folder View Settings to Make Vista Remember]
I was able to remove the traces of the uninstalled programs with Windows Install Clean Up -- it worked like magic! Thank you, Allen, for helping me! Have a pleasant day.Okay, then it looks like phantom entries in the registry. See if that link above helps.what happens when you double-click in an item in "programs and features"?

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If I double-click an entry in the P&Fs it doesn't do anything

How do you mean "doesn't do anything"? do you LITERALLY mean that nothing happens? try right-clicking and selecting "uninstall".

Additionally- what do you hope to gain by uninstalling anything- note at the bottom it says "currently installed programs 104 programs installed, total size 2.11GB" so you probably won't get very much free space simply by uninstalling programs anyway.

BC - I'm GUESSING they are left over entries of apps that are not installed. Not sure how it HAPPENED for so many apps, but I think he just wants to "clean out" the phantom entries.Quote from: Allan on March 03, 2010, 05:51:48 AM

BC - I'm guessing they are left over entries of apps that are not installed. Not sure how it happened for so many apps, but I think he just wants to "clean out" the phantom entries.

Ahh...

well, if that's the case, ccleaner posesses a "tools" item labelled "uninstall" that allows you to do everything you can do in the uninstall applet, including removing orphaned entries. Yep - he said he tried ccleaner. I POSTED a link to several methods including direct registry editing as a last option.

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