subject: How To Uninstall The Unwanted Programs From Your Pc With Force Uninstall Tips [print this page] Are you annoyed about uninstalling programs? Sometimes, you install an application on your PC, and find out that you do not need it or it is not one you like. At this moment, you want to uninstall that application from your PC. Thus, you go to the Add/Remove Utility of Control Panel on Your Windows System, click the button to remove the application from your computer. Unfortunately, you can not get the job done because you can not uninstall the program successfully. In my article I will let you know how to force uninstall the unwanted programs form your computer.
This method is good for the superior computer users to handle. Please be careful while you take the operations, otherwise, it can definitely damage your PC.
1) The first thing to do is to click Start on your system and to click Run in the Menu (If you're using Windows Vista then press Win+R on your keyboard).
2) Type Regidit and Press Enter.
3) On the left side is the registry settings tree, use it to go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall
4) Inside that key you'll find a lot of keys that belong to different programs. Some are named after the program's name, others as a mix of numbers and letters that makes no sense. Look through each of them until you find one that has the key DisplayName (on the right) with your program's name in it.
5) Pay attention the key UninstallString - this key points to the uninstall program, and the log file usually resides in the same folder as that program.
6) If you delete the key in which you've found the DisplayName key with the value equal to your program's name, then your program won't appear on the Add/Remove programs list.
Some programs create new entries in the Windows registry to store their configuration options, these entries can usually be found in the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftware or in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE - look for the program name or the name of the company that made the software. Don't delete Microsoft although that contains Windows settings as well.
Finally, you will find all files which have been copied. And then you should open the folder in which the uninstall program should be. Meanwhile, you need to look for files which are named uninstall.log or setup.log. The installed program files have been copied into your Windows system. Delete the files and the program will be removed completely from your PC.
The most effective and efficient way to force uninstall unwanted programs from your PC
There are a large number of uninstall tools in the market. Unfortunately, most of them are unreliable. They can not help you uninstall the programs thoroughly. The most helpful uninstall Tool is a software which can automatically scan and remove the registry completely. And it can enable you to remove program files thoroughly from your computer.