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Remove Programs not listed in Add/Remove

17 June 2009
Posted by NAIDU

There are some programs which gets installed but not get listed in Add/Remove, which makes it difficult to remove. Now follow these steps.
Go to C:\Windows\Inf folder. In the right pane, scroll down to sysoc.inf. Open it with notepad. It will look like…

[Components]NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7The word "HIDE" in an entry hides that application from your Add/Remove Programs dialog box. To add Pinball to the Add/Remove menu, delete the word HIDE from its entry. Leave the commas that surround it.Save the file. Check for the new entries in the Add/Remove Programs dialog box after you restart your computer.== Alternate Method (when the programs are not in sysoc.inf file) ==Right click the Program's shortcut/ Properties to gain the target path where the application folder is located. Delete the folder.Go to Start/Run/Msconfig/Startup and make sure it is not listed or checked there. If so, uncheck it.Remove the program listing from registry by going here…Start/Run/Regedit
For items that were in the Start menu, Programs, Startup folder:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder. You'll find a subkey for each disabled item.
For items loaded from the Registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg. Again, you'll find a subkey for each disabled item.Again while in Regedit, navigate to this key:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications. If the program is listed, right click, delete.Go to Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/File Types. If the program file type is listed, either use Change or Delete.

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