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K-Dawg

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Okay my friend is having trouble with this and this is what she told me

"I have a handful of programs on my add/remove list that have been removed numerous times, but wont leave the list.
What can I do to get rid of them??

I.E. Alien Skin Eye Candy 4000 Demo
Adobe Photoshop CS
ICQ Toolbar "

If you need more info, just let me know, and ill get it, but for now, any ideas?
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Michael

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Try to reinstall, and then uninstalling the programs this will work normaly.

There are programs like Anvanced Uninstaller Pro which you can get a trial of to remove them.

Your problem often happens to me, I just ignore it, till the next time I foramt. :tazz:
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Michael

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Another idea would be to get CCleaner it can uninstall prorams and delete the entry form add/remove program if it dose not go away.
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Hi,
I have a suggestion here.But it needs a small work in the registry.
Back it up before editing the registry.
The entries in add\remove programs are stored in the following registry entry
Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Uninstall
for ex:If I want to delete the Nero Burning Rom from add remove list,I delete the following reg entry
Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Uninstall\Nero-Burning Rom!UninstallKey
once you delete it,it will be gone from add remove programs.
I used this tweak to change the picture and display name of some programs in add remove list.
It's a small and nice tweak.
But be careful in not deleting the programs wrongly.
Back up the registry before you do a work on it.
Hope this explains your question!

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allstarookie

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where can i get CCleaner from?
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get ccleaner (crap cleaner) from downloads.com search for ccleaner OR here the exact link
http://www.download....tml?tag=lst-0-1 take the easy one :whistling:
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