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Need a trusted way of completely removing a program when uninstalling
Namon
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Let me preface this with that I really hate starting threads, because deep in my mind I know this topic has been convered before. But since the search didn't show up anything, here we are:
I have a Vista box that kept showing up a "Softwrap Error3" message, and I mean within minutes this little bugger would have 277 windows popping up. I used MSconfig to turn off all non MS starting programs and turned them back on one at a time. I finally traced the problem by doing that to a P2P program called Manolito (MP2P) and it used this Softwrap DRM crap that was causing this. I have no idea if they guy tried using a ripped copy of this thing or if there was an error. My only concern is to make sure I get this completely removed from the system, and I'm just playing it safe and assuming a simple uninstall will not be enough. Is there any trusted method out there of cleaning the registry or a program that does this? This is a method I rarely mess with. If it's my own, I usually just blow away the OS if it gets bad enough, but this is someone else's computer, so I want to try to fix without a reinstall. However, trying to find some kind of reference only really pops up ads from a million "reg cleaner" programs that God knows what will do to this system.
Let me preface this with that I really hate starting threads, because deep in my mind I know this topic has been convered before. But since the search didn't show up anything, here we are:
I have a Vista box that kept showing up a "Softwrap Error3" message, and I mean within minutes this little bugger would have 277 windows popping up. I used MSconfig to turn off all non MS starting programs and turned them back on one at a time. I finally traced the problem by doing that to a P2P program called Manolito (MP2P) and it used this Softwrap DRM crap that was causing this. I have no idea if they guy tried using a ripped copy of this thing or if there was an error. My only concern is to make sure I get this completely removed from the system, and I'm just playing it safe and assuming a simple uninstall will not be enough. Is there any trusted method out there of cleaning the registry or a program that does this? This is a method I rarely mess with. If it's my own, I usually just blow away the OS if it gets bad enough, but this is someone else's computer, so I want to try to fix without a reinstall. However, trying to find some kind of reference only really pops up ads from a million "reg cleaner" programs that God knows what will do to this system.
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Other than that your only option is to delete any folders related to the program to make sure everything is gone.
Typically the uninstaller will take care of this. If it is a known issue that it doesn't there would usually be a program available specifically to clean it up.
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After I posted this I started doing some digging, and I'm not sure I'll throw a reg cleaner on someone else's computer. No two parties seemed to agree if these things aren't snake oil, let alone were in agreement if just one was good. Like your suggestion. Some said it was good, but some blasted it, so who am I to trust (I mean no offense, I do put high stock in the opinions of those on this board).