How to uninstall broken programs in windows 7

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2014-05
  • XGreen

    Could anyone tell me how to uninstall programs that their installation had a problem and therefore their uninstall doesn't work?

    I removed all their references in the registry and their folder on the hdd but still don't know how to get rid of them completely from Add/Remove Programs list.

    Thanks

    • Answers
  • XGreen

    revo uninstaller fixed it.


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    Where are product uninstall keys located in the Registry under Windows 7 x64?
  • anom217

    I need to look up the install location of a product in the registry, based on the GUID product code. Under Win XP the keys of products installed were located at

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

    For example, if I had the GUID {034759DA-E21A-4795-BFB3-C66D17FAD183} I could look up

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall{034759DA-E21A-4795-BFB3-C66D17FAD183}

    and there would be a value containing the install location for the product.

    However, the Registry doesn't appear to follow this same setup in Win 7 x64. Does anyone know how I can do what I did in XP, but in Windows 7? Thanks.


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  • LeoB

    Just checked my Win7 x64 system and the registry shows an InstallLocation key for most of the entries.

  • Diogo

    For 32-bit applications installed onto 64-bit Operating System, browse to the following

    HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall