- Deleting items via control panel
- Posted by Cuddly54 on December 28th, 2005
When I try to delete an item via the add/delete hardsware in control panel I
get the message cannot find install.log. I have tried re-installing the
application and then deleting it via control panel but the original item is
still there. How do I get rid of this?
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Thanks for your help
Cuddly54
- Posted by Rock on December 28th, 2005
Cuddly54 wrote:
> When I try to delete an item via the add/delete hardsware in control panel I
> get the message cannot find install.log. I have tried re-installing the
> application and then deleting it via control panel but the original item is
> still there. How do I get rid of this?
See Kelly's site:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
Click on "A" and scroll to:
Add and Remove -Removing Invalid Entries in the Add/Remove Programs Tool
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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
- Posted by Cuddly54 on December 29th, 2005
Click on "A" where?
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Thanks for your help
Cuddly54
"Rock" wrote:
> Cuddly54 wrote:
>
> > When I try to delete an item via the add/delete hardsware in control panel I
> > get the message cannot find install.log. I have tried re-installing the
> > application and then deleting it via control panel but the original item is
> > still there. How do I get rid of this?
>
> See Kelly's site:
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
> Click on "A" and scroll to:
> Add and Remove -Removing Invalid Entries in the Add/Remove Programs Tool
>
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> Rock
> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
>
- Posted by Malke on December 29th, 2005
Cuddly54 wrote:
> Click on "A" where?
The link that Rock gave you is to MVP Kelly Theriot's website where
there are fixes, tweaks, etc. and the particular webpage Rock pointed
you to has the Alphabet running across the top of the page. Click on
the "A" which will link you to the webpage covering problems starting
with the letter "A". Then scroll down to the Add/Remove Programs
section.
Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
- Posted by Cuddly54 on December 29th, 2005
Unfortunately when I run regedit the regedit box comes up then disappears.
It does not stay open so I cannot follow the instructions - is there another
way or is there a way to keep the regedit open?
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Thanks for your help
Cuddly54
"Malke" wrote:
> Cuddly54 wrote:
>
> > Click on "A" where?
>
> The link that Rock gave you is to MVP Kelly Theriot's website where
> there are fixes, tweaks, etc. and the particular webpage Rock pointed
> you to has the Alphabet running across the top of the page. Click on
> the "A" which will link you to the webpage covering problems starting
> with the letter "A". Then scroll down to the Add/Remove Programs
> section.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
- Posted by Malke on December 29th, 2005
Cuddly54 wrote:
> Unfortunately when I run regedit the regedit box comes up then
> disappears. It does not stay open so I cannot follow the instructions
> - is there another way or is there a way to keep the regedit open?
You don't need to have the registry editor open when you are merging
Kelly's .reg files or running her .vbs scripts. If you do Run>regedit
[enter] and nothing happens, then you have more issues on this computer
than have been addressed in any of your posts.
Make sure your computer is 100% virus/malware-free:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
If you are having difficulties following instructions from Kelly's or my
sites, consider taking the computer to a professional computer repair
shop (not your local version of BigStoreUSA) for diagnosis/fixing.
There is no shame in doing this; we all have our areas of expertise.
Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
- Posted by Rock on December 29th, 2005
Cuddly54 wrote:
> Unfortunately when I run regedit the regedit box comes up then disappears.
> It does not stay open so I cannot follow the instructions - is there another
> way or is there a way to keep the regedit open?
As Malke said you don't need regedit running to use the regedit. That
there is a problem with regedit, though, suggests some sort of malware.
Look at the link Malke gave for instructions on cleaning the system.
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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User