removing programs - Saxperience

leeham987 · 21st March 2011, 11:20

anyone know how to remove programs that wont uninstall,

got a couple of programs im trying to install, however half way through the process it just stops or displays a corrupt error message.

Giraffe · 21st March 2011, 11:56

Tried Ccleaner?

leeham987 · 21st March 2011, 12:10

yes mate, still wont budge. ive scanned them with a few scanners and all say they're clean. thought they were viruses at 1st. theyre only small programs, not taking much room up, but just want to get rid as dont use them

Giraffe · 21st March 2011, 12:15

Any possibility of doing a reinstall on them, and then trying to uninstall?

leeham987 · 21st March 2011, 12:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave_E30

Any possibility of doing a reinstall on them, and then trying to uninstall?

tried it, just says its already installed.

Giraffe · 21st March 2011, 13:10

Tried googling the error message that comes up?

leeham987 · 21st March 2011, 13:58

sorted now, someone recommended REVO uninstaller. its a free download of Cnet

works great!

Brenz · 21st March 2011, 14:12

If you dont want to download extra programs to uninstall programs you can simply delete the files from the Program Files folder or where ever they are stored and then run a registry cleaner. Does exactly what an uninstaller would do

leeham987 · 21st March 2011, 14:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brenz

If you dont want to download extra programs to uninstall programs you can simply delete the files from the Program Files folder or where ever they are stored and then run a registry cleaner. Does exactly what an uninstaller would do

how would i run a registry cleaner?

Brenz · 21st March 2011, 14:39

CCleaner has a registry cleaning feature, just remove the program files first or it will think they are still being used