Remove a program from the Windows 8 registry. Cleaning the “tails” of the program in the registry remaining after its removal. "registry search completed" window

As the registry grows, the performance of the operating system decreases. Registry cleaners are not ideal for removing unnecessary entries from the registry because they clean based on a predefined set of rules that may not work for your registry.

However, you can clean the registry manually: erase remaining entries from programs that have been removed, or remove programs from startup.

Note: This article is intended for advanced Windows users. If you make a mistake, it may crash your system.

Steps Edit

Launch the Windows registry editor.

Click "Start" - "Run".

Before making changes, make a backup copy of the registry. This way, you can undo the changes you make if they negatively impact the operating system or installed software (read the related articles on how to back up the registry; creating one is an important step before you start editing the registry).

Click on "File" - "Export".

Find and remove entries from remote programs.

Open the HKEY_CURRENT_USER section by clicking on the "+" icon or double-clicking the folder.

Search for a program by its name, executable file name, or folder name. Erase all records of the deleted program.

Press Ctrl + F to open the Search Records dialog box.

Remove programs from startup. Many popular programs, such as Adobe Reader, QuickTime Player, and Real Player, create registry entries to indicate that they will start up (or automatically update, or a similar process) when Windows starts. To remove such programs from startup, follow these steps:

Open the section (as was done earlier) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ Current Version.

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How to remove registry files

How to clean the registry after a failed Java uninstall attempt?

This section concerns:

Platforms: Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, Windows XP, Windows 10

Sometimes, when you uninstall certain versions of Java using the Windows Add/Remove Programs console, certain Java registry entries are not completely removed. These remaining registry entries may cause problems when installing a new version of Java.

Registry items remaining as a result of an incomplete removal process can be cleared in two ways:

Microsoft utility (recommended method)
manually editing the registry.

Run Microsoft's utility to fix corrupted registry keys that are preventing programs from being completely uninstalled or blocking programs from being installed or updated.

Editing the registry manually (only if the Fix It utility does not work)

Making unacceptable changes to the registry can cause serious damage to the system. Before making any changes to the registry, you should back up all important data on your computer.

To save this partition before deleting it, select File -> Export. Then, in case of mistaken deletion of a registry key, the registry can be restored from the saved backup file by selecting the ‘File’->’Import’ function in the Windows Registry Editor.

Open menu Start then select item Run
Enter the command in the text field regedit
Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Uninstall
The Uninstall folder contains many registry item names enclosed in curly braces.
Click on the tab Edit, then select Find
Note. Select the Uninstall folder before searching for a specific registry.
Enter the version number in the search field to find the corresponding registry item you want to remove.
Once you find a registry key, select it, right click on it and select Delete
Confirm deletion by clicking Yes

Sequence of steps to find registry keys related to Java 7 version

Sequence of steps to find registry keys related to the Java 6 version.

Sequence of steps to find registry keys related to Java 1.5 version

Sequence of steps to find registry keys related to Java 1.4 version

Set the search format 1.4.2_xxx
where xxx can mean 01, 12, 13, 14 and so on.
For example:

To search for registry keys related to jre1.4.0_01, enter 1.4.2_01
To search for registry keys related to jre1.4.0_12, enter 1.4.2_12
To search for registry keys related to jre1.4.0_18, enter 1.4.2_18

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How to Remove Programs from Windows Startup Using Registry Editor

Over the past holidays, one of the readers asked to describe how you can remove programs from startup using the Windows Registry Editor. I don’t know exactly why this was needed, because there are more convenient ways to do this, which I described here, but I hope the instructions will not be superfluous.

The method described below will work equally in all current versions of the Microsoft operating system: Windows 8.1, 8, Windows 7 and XP. When deleting programs from startup, be careful, in theory you can delete something you need, so first try to find on the Internet what this or that program is for if you don’t know it.

Registry sections responsible for startup programs

First of all, you need to launch the Registry Editor. To do this, press the Windows keys on your keyboard (the one with the logo) + R, and in the “Run” window that appears, enter regedit and press Enter or Ok.

Sections and settings in the Windows registry

The Registry Editor will open, which is divided into two parts. On the left, you'll see "folders" organized in a tree structure called registry keys. When you select any of the sections, on the right side you will see registry parameters, namely the name of the parameter, the type of the value and the value itself. Startup programs are located in two main registry sections:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

There are other sections related to automatically loaded components, but we will not touch them: all programs that can slow down the system, make the computer boot too long and are simply unnecessary, you will find in these two sections.

The parameter name usually (but not always) corresponds to the name of the automatically launched program, and the value is the path to the program's executable file. If you wish, you can add your own programs to startup or remove what is not needed there.

To delete, right-click on the parameter name and select “Delete” from the context menu that appears. After this, the program will not start when Windows starts.

Note: some programs monitor the presence of themselves in startup and when deleted, they are added there again. In this case, you need to use the settings in the program itself; as a rule, there is an item “Run automatically from Windows".

What can and cannot be removed from Windows startup?

In fact, you can delete everything - nothing bad will happen, but you may encounter things like:

The function keys on the laptop stopped working;
The battery began to discharge faster;
Some automatic service functions and so on stopped performing.

In general, it is still advisable to know what exactly is being deleted, and if this is unknown, study the material available on the Internet on this topic. However, various annoying programs that “installed themselves” after downloading something from the Internet and are launched all the time can be safely removed. Just like already deleted programs, registry entries for which for some reason remained in the registry.

How to remove residual application files. How to remove a program through the registry and control panel

There are different programs - useful and useless, simple, complex and dangerous. And users find out which of these qualities belongs to a particular software product, unfortunately, in most cases only after installing it in Windows. Buttons click, settings sliders move, and then the picture becomes clearer. What needs to be done with the software: execute it, that is, uninstall it, or pardon it, leave it in the depths of a computer or laptop.

This guide will tell you how to completely remove a program from your computer using utilities and manually.

Method No. 1: manual cleaning

Running the uninstaller

Almost every program has an uninstaller in its directory (folder) - a file usually named “uninstall”, “uninstaller”, etc. It is designed to remove application elements from the operating system (file directories and registry).

To run the program uninstaller, follow these instructions:

1. In the taskbar (the strip with buttons at the bottom of the display), click the “Windows” icon.

2. In the Start menu that appears, click “Control Panel.”

3. Set the “View” setting to “Category”.

4. Click the “Uninstall a program” section.

5. In the installed software directory, click the left button to select the application to be deleted.

6. Follow the instructions of the uninstaller that opens (if necessary, click the “OK”, “Next”, “Delete”, etc. buttons).

You can also run the Uninstall module directly from the Start menu (without going to Control Panel):

1. Click: “Windows” button → “All programs”.

2. Click to open the folder of the required program.

3. Click on the item in the list called “Delete...”, “Removing...” or “Uninstall”.

If you cannot find the uninstaller either in the “Uninstall a program” section or in the “Start” menu, do this:

1. Right-click on the application shortcut on your desktop.

2. Select “Properties” from the context menu.

3. In the properties panel, click the "File Location" button.

4. In the program directory that opens, find and run the uninstaller.

Well, if there is no shortcut on the desktop, look at the “Program Files” and “Program Files (x86)” folders. Often, by default, applications are installed in these directories.

Removing entries from the registry

To remove software keys remaining after uninstallation from the registry, perform the following operations:

1. Open the Run panel by pressing the Win + R key combination.

2. Type the command in the line - regedit (registry editor).

4. In the menu, click: Edit → Find.

5. In the “Search” window, enter the name of the remote program and click “Find Next”.

6. Delete the found key here (via the registry editor): right-click on the key → click “Delete” in the list.

7. Resume searching for entries in directories by pressing the “F3” key. Or go to the menu: Edit → Find Next.

8. Perform the scan until a message appears indicating that the entire registry has been scanned.

Deleting files

To get rid of the remaining folders and files of a deleted program:

1. Press the key combination “Win + E”.

2. Go to the “Disk C” section.

3. In the upper right corner of the window, in the “Search” field, type the name of the application that was uninstalled from the system.

4. Press "Enter".

5. Get rid of detected elements through the context menu: right mouse button → Delete.

If an object cannot be removed, try getting rid of it using the iObit Unlocker program. After installing it, also open the context menu and select the utility icon in the list. And then in the window that opens, select “Unblock and delete” in the drop-down list and run the selected command.

Disabling system programs

Programs installed with Windows - Internet Explorer, a game package (Solitaire, Spider), etc. - cannot be removed using the standard function. But you can disable them: they will be present in the system, but will not be displayed in the interface or launched.

1. Click: Start → Control Panel → Uninstall a program → Turn features on or off.

2. Click the mouse to remove the checkmarks next to the applications that you want to disable.

4. Wait until the procedure is completed, close the window.

Method No. 2: cleaning with uninstaller utilities

The algorithm for automatic uninstallation and removal of application remnants using uninstaller utilities boils down to the following:

1. Launch the built-in uninstaller.

2. Standard removal provided by the program.

3. Search for elements (files, registry keys) remaining after uninstallation and delete them.

The following solutions are most popular among PC users:

An easy-to-use yet powerful tool for cleaning Windows from unnecessary software. Quickly and accurately finds all remnants of deleted software. Has a “Force deletion” function.

Supports batch uninstallation: automatic sequential uninstallation of several programs.

A paid product with a large number of functions for cleaning hard drive partitions and system directories from useless elements, and optimizing the registry. Starts uninstalling a program with one click. It has the most convenient interface.

A faithful assistant in the most difficult cases of cleaning the OS from unnecessary applications. Distributed conditionally free of charge (test version - 30 days). It is endowed with advanced and lightning-fast algorithms for searching for remaining objects of uninstalled programs. Performs cleaning efficiently and meticulously.

Attention! Antiviruses

If you are faced with the task of removing an antivirus, first of all, ask on the official website of the developers whether there is a special utility for removing it. It will greatly simplify the uninstallation process and significantly save your time.

Successful Windows cleaning!

I want to talk today about proper removal of programs and proper cleaning of the registry.

What could be wrong with normal removal?

The whole problem is that most developers are extremely unscrupulous when it comes to uninstalling their programs. After removal, they usually leave a bunch of garbage in the registry, often leaving empty or half-empty program folders. Sometimes (rarely, of course, but it happens) after deleting another program, about 90% of it remains. (We’ll install it, but we’ll uninstall it somehow ourselves)

Why clean the registry?

Let's imagine that the registry is your favorite fluffy carpet. You vacuum it... sometimes at least. If you don't clean it, you can trip over a pile of garbage and break your leg. It's the same with the registry. If you don't clean it regularly, you may stumble at one point and... nothing good will happen. I think this point is clear

How to clean the registry and remove programs?

Actually the question itself is why you are reading this article. There are many ways to clean the registry, but I would like to focus on the ones I have tested (and more than once by the way):

Uninstall Tool- program for full deleting and simultaneously cleaning the registry. An extremely useful thing - it deletes a program, then “cleans up” all the remains behind it and checks the registry for the presence of waste products from the deleted program. The intuitive interface and full automation cannot but rejoice. The program is easy to find on the Internet, and it is also included in the Windows package of the “Zver” build.

If the previous program was a kind of “prevention” of pollution, then the next one is a powerful cleaning vacuum cleaner!

CCleaner- conducts a complete analysis and fully cleans the registry of all junk, removes temporary ones, edits the startup list and uninstalls unnecessary programs. A real computer cleaning machine. Huge functionality at high speed leaves the best impression. You can also find everything on the Internet

During the installation process of programs, as a rule, a separate folder is created on the computer’s hard drive, an additional section is placed in the main menu, a shortcut is created on the desktop, and changes are made to the system registry. When you remove this program, its uninstaller should eliminate all of the above. However, he does not always manage to do this in full, and as a result, unused remnants of deleted programs accumulate in the system registry and on the hard drive, taking up space and slowing down the computer.

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Expand the main menu of the operating system if you need to remove from it the partition that remains after uninstalling the application program. Go to this section and right-click on it. In the context menu that pops up, select the “Delete” line, and when asked to confirm the operation, answer in the affirmative - click the “Yes” button. Launch the file manager if you need to clean your hard drive of unnecessary files left after uninstalling the program. In Windows OS, this can be done by pressing the Win + E key combination. Go to the Program Files folder on the system drive - this is where application programs place their directories by default. Find the folder whose name matches the name of the remote program and click it once with the mouse. To delete a directory with all its contents to the Recycle Bin, press the Delete button, and for permanent deletion (bypassing the Recycle Bin), use the keyboard shortcut Shift + Delete. Go to the folder called ProgramData - it is located at the same level of the directory hierarchy as Program Files. In it, application programs store temporary files with data used during operation. As in the previous step, find and delete the folder related to the non-existent program. If your version of the operating system does not have a ProgramData directory, then the corresponding folder with temporary data should be looked for in the directory called Application Data. It is placed in a folder whose name corresponds to your account (by default - Admin), and this folder, in turn, is located inside the Documents and Settings directory of the system drive. Run the Windows Registry Editor if you also need to remove unused entries from the uninstalled program. This can be done by pressing the Win + R keyboard shortcut, followed by typing regedit and pressing Enter. Use the hotkey Ctrl + F to open the search dialog, and then enter the name of the remote program or part of it and click the "Find Next" button. When the editor finds entries in the registry related to the program you are interested in, before deleting them, be sure to make sure that this is exactly what is required - the undo operation is not provided in the registry editor. Use specialized programs to clean the registry - they have functions to search and delete entries that do not belong to any of the installed programs. Finding such an application on the Internet is not difficult - for example, it could be a free version of the Uniblue RegistryBooster program (http://uniblue.com/ru/software/registrybooster). How simple

The article describes how you can remove a program through the Windows registry. No trick: the program uninstaller will help us find it registry, delete - command console cmd.

Few people know, but in the Windows operating system there are several ways to remove a program. There are several entry points into the removal procedure:

Control Panel - Programs and Features (here you will see the programs installed in Windows in full, albeit incomplete, list)
You can use your own uninstaller built into the package with the program. The fastest way to find it is with Properties program shortcut. Like this:

However, these same points may not work: sometimes the program is not displayed in the list of installed programs at all, and the folder with the program does not contain the executable file for deleting itself. What should I do?

More advanced users know that it is best to use special software to remove a program. With its help, you can not only remove a program, but clean up traces of its existence in the system, which is quite important from the point of view of stability in general: a rare program is deleted “just like that.” After it, there are often a lot of junk files left, which, at a minimum, simply take up free space. We have already discussed working with such a program. The program described in the article has an invaluable function - it has a Hunter mode, with which you can fish out a damaged but still existing “stub” of a no longer needed program and forcefully remove the program. But if there is no program, it is not in the list of installed ones, and the built-in uninstaller is not detected?

Today I will show a little-known method of uninstalling programs: let’s look at how to remove a program through the registry. Works in all versions of Windows (starting from XP, pictures are clickable).

Working conditions

registry editor
command console
administrator rights
the program is not damaged and uninstallation is possible as usual

How to remove a program through the registry: we use the habit of programs to leave traces there

First, let's open the following bush:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

If you have a 64-bit version of Windows, 32-bit applications may have keys in the section:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Here you will find many keys. And, as you already understand, these are all the programs and utilities you installed on the system with installation. They can have a large number of symbols and names in their names. If there is a name, it is already clear which key belongs to which program. In most cases the parameter UninstallString will point to the built-in uninstaller file.

If there are a lot of numbers in the name, you will have to search for the missing program manually. And she is there. Once found, look further for a parameter with a name you know UninstallString.

Now launch the cmd command console, paste the copied parameter value and press Enter. The removal has begun.

Just as a car engine needs an oil change, an apartment needs to be cleaned, and clothes need to be washed, the computer operating system needs regular cleaning. Its registry is constantly becoming clogged, which is facilitated not only by installed but also already deleted programs. For some time this does not cause any inconvenience, until the speed of Windows begins to decrease and errors appear.

Cleaning and correcting registry errors is important, but not difficult. There are special programs that will do this job in a couple of minutes and will definitely remind you when the time for the next check comes. And some will take additional steps to optimize the system.

Method 1: CCleaner

The list will open with a powerful and simple tool developed by the British company Piriform Limited. And these are not just words, at one time it was appreciated by such popular electronic publications as CNET, Lifehacker.com, The Independent, etc. The main feature of the program is its deep and comprehensive system maintenance.

In addition to cleaning and correcting errors in the registry, the application completely removes standard and third-party software. His responsibilities include deleting temporary files, working with startup and performing the system restore function.

Method 2: Wise Registry Cleaner

Method 3: Vit Registry Fix

Method 4: Registry Life

But the ChemTable SoftWare employees realized that it was much more pleasant to use a completely free utility, so they created one, which has no less interesting functions in its arsenal. Its responsibilities include finding and removing unnecessary entries, as well as reducing the size of registry files and eliminating their fragmentation. To get started you need:

Method 5: Auslogics Registry Cleaner

Method 7: TweakNow RegCleaner

In the case of this utility, there is no need to say unnecessary words; everything has been said on the developers’ website a long time ago. The program quickly scans the registry, finds outdated entries with perfect accuracy, guarantees the creation of a backup copy, and all this is completely free. To use you need:

Method 8: Advanced System Care Free

The list will be completed by the company’s flagship product IObit, which in just one click does a great job of optimizing, repairing and cleaning your computer. To do this, Free provides a whole set of useful and powerful tools that monitor the state of the system in the background. Specifically, cleaning the registry will not take much time; to do this, you need to take two simple steps:

By the way, ASCF promises to scan deeper if the user splurges on the Pro version.

Naturally, the choice is not obvious, although some assumptions can be made. For example, if we take into account the fact that all of the programs listed above clean the registry in good faith, then what is the point of buying a license? Another question is that if you need something more than regular cleaning, some contenders are ready to offer a solid set of functions. Or you can try all the options and settle on the one that will really facilitate and speed up the operation of the system.

Practice shows that many users very often keep large quantities of unnecessary programs on their computer. In addition to the fact that this leads to clogging and fragmentation of the hard drive, some applications can add themselves to the startup list, which makes the system even slower. In this case, it is worth understanding how important it is to remove programs correctly and how to remove a program from the registry so that the system does not slow down. Even a very powerful computer with gigabytes of RAM turns out to be powerless against the insidious threat of a total takeover of the system by so-called software garbage. Very often, hundreds of unnecessary files from various programs are to blame for system clogging, as well as pieces of files that survived after uninstalling the application; very often there are already inactive entries in the registry that are not cleared by the uninstaller, but very negatively affect the operation of the system.

Before moving on to the issue of removing a program from the registry, it is important to note how important it is to remove a program correctly. To uninstall various applications, operating systems of the Windows family have a special utility. Carrying out the operation using this utility is suitable for those who do not want to install any other software on their computer during the removal process. This is not enough to completely remove all components of the uninstalled program, since unnecessary pieces of code and entries still remain in the registry. This is where we come to the importance of the question of how to remove from the registry.

When using standard options for uninstalling programs, you should not have any problems, since the window has a clear interface and controls, and when you select an application to be uninstalled, an uninstaller for that particular program will appear in front of you. Let's not consider in detail the standard method of removing applications, but move on to a more effective method for removing software "garbage".

If you are seriously concerned about the question of how to remove a program from the registry, then we can say that your best assistant can be the special CCleaner utility, certified by Microsoft. For our purposes, it is enough for you to use the free version, which is freely available. After the application is installed, you should go to the Service tab. You will see the Uninstall Programs menu. It is not very different in appearance from the usual standard utility, except that you can only delete an entry about an installed program from the registry without completely removing it from the computer, as well as the ability to rename programs in the registry. Experts recommend uninstalling using the CCleaner program, since after this you can do the rest of cleaning the system. Removing programs is carried out in the same way as in a standard utility. After this, you can clean the system of debris that may be present in it.

How from the registry?

First you need to open the “Cleaning” tab, then click “Analysis”, which will start scanning the file system. If such operations have not been performed on the computer, then gigabytes of unnecessary information may be present on it. Now in the “Registry” tab you need to select “Search for problems”. After the program scans, you will see a list of existing problems. After this, you should click “Fix”, which will allow the application to remove unnecessary files. It is worth doing these simple manipulations after each removal of a program.

If you are interested in how to delete a file from the registry, then everything is just as simple, the main thing is to select the object that interests you.

In this article we will look at the process of removing a program entry from the Windows registry. The registry is a storage location for records of operating system settings, as well as settings for installed application software.

I’ll say right away that when you work with the registry manually, you need to be extremely careful, since incorrect manipulations with the settings can put the operating system out of order.

In some cases, manually editing the registry can be very useful, for example, if a program is incorrectly uninstalled, entries may remain in the registry that will prevent the re-installation of versions of the same program. In this situation, installation error messages may appear like: “An earlier version of the program is already installed on your computer,” etc., although in fact you seem to have “uninstalled” it. In order to delete an entry about a program, you need to open the registry editor, Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Run (Win7), or just Start -> Run (Win Xp), you can also use the key combination Win + R. In the program launch window that opens, enter “regedit” and press Enter (Fig. 1)

After we have carried out the above-described manipulations, a registry editor window should appear in front of us, with the help of which we will delete the entry about the Win Rar program. In Fig. 2, you can notice various registry branches: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS, HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG. Of these five registry branches, in this case we will be interested only in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE branch contains records about programs that are installed on your computer.

In order to delete an entry about a program, you need to go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE (opening each tab), (Fig. 3) After you have moved to the SOFTWARE subsection, you need to find among the list of programs the one for which you need to delete entries. Next, simply delete the folder with the name of the entry about the program. But again, I repeat, you need to be extremely careful when working with the registry, as this can lead to failure of the operating system.

You can also use the search by name; to do this, go to: Edit -> Search.

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How to remove a program from your computer completely and permanently

We all delete programs sometimes. It’s simple: go to the list of programs in the Control Panel, find the desired victim there, right-click on it and select “Uninstall,” right? Yes, everything is true, but this is not the whole truth. If you do not remove a program from your computer correctly, it will not only take up disk space, but it may also cause conflicts with other programs or errors when you try to install it again.

The first step is to remove the program through Uninstall or change programs

You are very familiar with the first step of the procedure - use Windows Explorer to uninstall the program. Just to remind:

Go to the Control Panel, open “Programs”, right-click on the desired one, select “Uninstall”.

Sweeping away the remains

Now go to the AppData folder (C:/Users/Your username) and see if there are files in the Local and Roaming folders related to the remote program (if the AppData folder is hidden, open “View” in Windows Explorer and check “Show hidden files"). Delete all files and folders related to this program, but be careful not to delete anything unnecessary.

After that, go to Program Files, Program Files(x86) and ProgramData and do the same thing - delete all files and folders somehow related to the remote program.

Finally, go to C:/windows/Temp and delete the last traces of the program there.

Interesting: Delete the Temp folder from the computer!

Removing the program from the registry

Now it’s a little more complicated - you need to remove the program from the registry. It is extremely important here not to accidentally delete the wrong thing, as this can lead to serious errors. But just follow our instructions and everything will be fine. Also, before deleting anything, make a backup by right-clicking and selecting “Export.” This is in case you still make a mistake.

Interesting reading: How to fix registry errors, read here!

Press the Win+R combination and enter the regedit command in the line.
Having opened the registry editor, go to the HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Software branch and there look for folders and file names that are somehow related to the remote program. Remove them by right-clicking and selecting "Delete". Just don't delete the program's parent directory. For example, if you need to remove InDesign, do not touch the entire Adobe folder - otherwise entries in the registry of Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop and other necessary programs will be deleted. Be careful!
Then go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node and there too delete all folders and files associated with the remote program.

Optional: use CCleaner to finish the job

By this point, all traces of the program should have disappeared from the computer, but if you don’t mind using a third-party program and doing one more “run” just to be sure, use CCleaner. It's a great program, and it does a lot of things - like clearing cookies and deleting temporary files, and can find the last traces of files that are no longer associated with any program.

CCleaner can also fix the registry if you accidentally deleted something in it.

Conclusion

So, here it is - a way to manually 100% clean all remnants of unnecessary programs from your computer. It may seem complicated at first, but do the whole procedure several times, and it will be reliably registered in long-term memory (this is an analogue of the HDD in our brain). Go for it!

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Uninstalling a program manually

In the Windows control panel there is the item “Add or Remove Programs” or “Programs and Features” in Windows Vista and higher, due to errors that occur in the operating system or software, the program is not always removed using standard Wondows tools.

There are two ways out of this situation: find a program that removes and cleans the computer automatically, or remove the program manually yourself. The first method is faster, but a large number of such programs usually harm the computer, install advertising, or even worse, introduce viruses. Let's dwell on the second method of removing programs that do not want to be removed themselves.

Uninstalling programs manually.

There is nothing complicated about this, and the effect of uninstallation is even better than that of automatic uninstallation.

First, we need to clear the registry of programs we don’t need. To do this, run the regrdit application, it is located in the windows folder, you can also launch it by clicking Start > Run > type “REGEDIT” > press Enter. The standard Regedit application will open in front of you. Click Edit > Search > enter the name of your program that you want to delete (for example, Drweb) > press Enter and wait until records related to your program are found. After the entry is found, delete it (del key) and search further Edit > find next (F3 key) and continue searching and deleting until the search ends. Sometimes you may encounter a problem when a registry item cannot be deleted due to insufficient rights, you can fix this situation by setting the rights to the registry branch that is not deleted, to do this, right-click on it and select “Permissions”, add the “Everyone” group and install If you check the "full access" box, you can continue cleaning the registry after this operation.

After cleaning the registry, it is better to restart the computer so that there are no problems with completing the next step (but not necessary)

Removing a program from disk

So the program has been removed from the registry, now you need to clean it from your hard drive. We find it on the disk (usually all programs are located in the Program Files folder) and simply click delete. If you need to clear traces of its presence on the computer, then go and delete the folders of the same name in C:\document and settings\(username)\application data or C:\Users\(username)\application data (for Windows Vista and 7) where the username is your login with which you log into windows (You can view it by clicking on the Start menu, it is displayed at the top of the menu)

Removing antivirus programs

You have to tinker with antiviruses for a longer time, but the above instructions are suitable for this, just before executing it, disable self-defense or just antivirus protection, everyone disables it differently, usually by right-clicking on the antivirus icon and selecting the appropriate menu. It is also important that most antivirus companies release a utility for forcibly removing an antivirus from a computer, so it is better to first visit their website and use such a program; it will save a lot of time.

Utilities for removing software products are produced not only by the creators of antivirus software, so you can always check on the manufacturer’s website to see if they have such a utility.