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Uninstall Without Add/Remove

If you want to uninstall an application with no uninstall program and which isn't listed in the Add/Remove applet of Control Panel (or whose uninstall doesn't work), then just delete the directory/files. Drill down: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ and HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE
Locate the application's entries and delete them. Use Explorer to to remove the entries from the Start Menu in either %windir%\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\ and/or %windir%\Profiles\YourId\Start Menu\Programs\
If there is an entry in the Add/Remove list, edit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall
locate the entry and delete it. If the app has a service, edit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Services
and scroll down till you locate it. Then delete.
If this app starts automatically and there is no entry in the StartUp folder(s), then use Regedt32 to edit:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Windows
load REG_SZ and
run REG_SZ
Remove the offending value and reboot.

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