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Thread ID: 116476 2011-03-05 21:18:00 How do you remove an obstinate programme from the registry? smurf (6545) Press F1
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1183791 2011-03-05 21:18:00 Sometime ago I was advised to remove an obstinate programme from the registry after the specific removal tool (Nortons) failed to accomplish the task. Can someone please advise the steps i need to take to accomplish this purging of the registry? Thanks in anticipation :confused: smurf (6545)
1183792 2011-03-05 21:42:00 Try this
technet.microsoft.com
feersumendjinn (64)
1183793 2011-03-05 22:02:00 Sometime ago I was advised to remove an obstinate programme from the registry. Can someone please advise the steps i need to take to accomplish this

Search the registry for it, manually delete every instance of that particular thing.
pctek (84)
1183794 2011-03-05 22:04:00 Great fun for some sad sack program like kies, puts registry entries in the most hard to get places. The Error Guy (14052)
1183795 2011-03-05 22:29:00 Search the registry for it, manually delete every instance of that particular thing.:thumbs: That sums it up perfectly.

Can be a long process, as there can be many entries.

Open the Reg, click Edit / find - type in the word(s) you are searching for, Eg: Norton or Symantec click Find next -- LOOK at what it finds as it may not always be exactly what you want, then delete if its correct, then press F3 and it will carry on searching.

Just a bit of advice -- make a restore point BEFORE touching anything in the registry - "if" you delete the wrong things, it can really ruin your day when the PC wont start afterwards ;)
wainuitech (129)
1183796 2011-03-05 22:33:00 Thank you :) smurf (6545)
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