After installing any type of utility, driver or other software program on a computer you can encounter an almost endless list of error that can be caused by any reasons.
1. Confliction with other software installed on the computer.
2. Bug error with the program.
3. Improper installation or problems with installation
Reinstall or uninstall the program
If you're encountering problems with your computer or other programs after installing new software on your computer attempt to uninstall the program and see if the issues persist.
After the program has been uninstalled try installing the program again.
Note: If after installing a program you're unable to boot into Windows, try booting into Safe Mode.
Check for software program updates or new versions
If you continue to experience issues verify that the program, game, or utility you're installing doesn't have any updates by visiting the developer of the program website.
If you're installing a software program or drivers for a hardware device such as a printer. Attempt to get the latest software and/or drivers from the manufacturer instead of using the included software or Check the Manufacturers Website for more details.
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How to uninstall a program that refuses to uninstall normally?
You may have installed so many software applications in your computer or your friends computer.When the particular software is no longer required and you may decide to uninstall that program. If that program gets uninstalled successfully then there are no problems. But some software cannot be uninstalled. No matter what you do that software will stay in your computer. If you are facing a similar situation then here is your solution.
Generally there are two ways in which you can uninstall a program.
Use the control panel's 'Add/Remove programs' and select the software that you want to uninstall and click the 'Remove' button to uninstall.
The software group itself will have a 'Uninstall' icon to uninstall the software.
If using the above two methods you cannot uninstall the software then you have another option to remove that software. By deleting the registry keys related to that software. Here are the steps to remove an application that refuses to uninstall.
To Completely Uninstall the Software
Using the software's name or the company that developed the software you can search your computer and locate the folders in your computer and delete them.
And use the same procedure to remove from Registry, before starting create a backup.
Now click on 'Start->Run' and type 'regedit' and press enter key. Now the registry editor will open.
Right click on the my Computer icon in the registry -> Export and save the file as name.reg
Then press 'F3' button to search the next occurrence of the software key and delete. Likewise delete all occurrences.
Now reboot the computer. Check if there are any errors while rebooting. If there are no errors then deleting registry keys did not cause any problems. If there are any errors that means there was a problem due to editing the registry. Therefore restore the backup.
To check the Registry
It is very important to check whether there was any harm due to editing the registry. There are many 'Registry Error Checking' software. For example System mechanis, jv16 are some of the registry checker software. You can use these software to check your registry.
To remove the software name from the registry
Sometimes when you uninstall a program, even after installing you may still find the software listed under the 'Add/Remove programs' list. To remove the listing from the add remove programs list you can use the registry.
Open the registry editor by typing 'regedit' in the 'start->run' box.
Now click on the + icon in the 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'. Now scroll down and select 'Microsoft', 'Windows', 'current version' and then 'uninstall'. In the right hand side watch the 'display name' and 'uninstall string'. The software name displayed in 'Display name' is what is listed in the 'Add/remove programs'.
Choose the software name that you want to delete and then click the delete button. Now in the confirmation dialog box click 'Yes'.
In the 'Uninstall string' key the windows folder in which the software is installed will be shown. Now in the explorer, go to this folder and deleted all contents.
Related: Uninstall A Software Completely
Generally there are two ways in which you can uninstall a program.
Use the control panel's 'Add/Remove programs' and select the software that you want to uninstall and click the 'Remove' button to uninstall.
The software group itself will have a 'Uninstall' icon to uninstall the software.
If using the above two methods you cannot uninstall the software then you have another option to remove that software. By deleting the registry keys related to that software. Here are the steps to remove an application that refuses to uninstall.
To Completely Uninstall the Software
Using the software's name or the company that developed the software you can search your computer and locate the folders in your computer and delete them.
And use the same procedure to remove from Registry, before starting create a backup.
Now click on 'Start->Run' and type 'regedit' and press enter key. Now the registry editor will open.
Right click on the my Computer icon in the registry -> Export and save the file as name.reg
Then press 'F3' button to search the next occurrence of the software key and delete. Likewise delete all occurrences.
Now reboot the computer. Check if there are any errors while rebooting. If there are no errors then deleting registry keys did not cause any problems. If there are any errors that means there was a problem due to editing the registry. Therefore restore the backup.
To check the Registry
It is very important to check whether there was any harm due to editing the registry. There are many 'Registry Error Checking' software. For example System mechanis, jv16 are some of the registry checker software. You can use these software to check your registry.
To remove the software name from the registry
Sometimes when you uninstall a program, even after installing you may still find the software listed under the 'Add/Remove programs' list. To remove the listing from the add remove programs list you can use the registry.
Open the registry editor by typing 'regedit' in the 'start->run' box.
Now click on the + icon in the 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'. Now scroll down and select 'Microsoft', 'Windows', 'current version' and then 'uninstall'. In the right hand side watch the 'display name' and 'uninstall string'. The software name displayed in 'Display name' is what is listed in the 'Add/remove programs'.
Choose the software name that you want to delete and then click the delete button. Now in the confirmation dialog box click 'Yes'.
In the 'Uninstall string' key the windows folder in which the software is installed will be shown. Now in the explorer, go to this folder and deleted all contents.
Related: Uninstall A Software Completely
How to Remove Programs Entries From RegEdit?
Generally we use Add/Remove programs option in Control Panel to remove any unwanted program from our computer. Normally this may be due to poorly designed uninstaller with this program. That is why some programs may not be removed properly and a reference to this program remains in the computer registry. This reference in registry may be creating problems to run your computer smoothly. Here you need to delete this reference to edit your computer registry using RegEdit editor.
First go to Start button and open Run dialog box. Type here RegEdit and press Enter.
Now in editor Navigate to the given path
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall.
Here locate the entry created by your program with its name and select that entry from the list on the left panel and delete its key.
Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer, the program will be removed from your computer permanently.
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First go to Start button and open Run dialog box. Type here RegEdit and press Enter.
Now in editor Navigate to the given path
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall.
Here locate the entry created by your program with its name and select that entry from the list on the left panel and delete its key.
Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer, the program will be removed from your computer permanently.
Related Post: Uninstall from Registry
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