Re: Removing items from Remove Programs list

I have seen this sort of thing once or twice before. It appears
to happen when one of the registry entries in the area I gave
you is corrupted. I would do this:
- Create a System Restore Point
- Launch regedit.exe.
- Export the key I gave you.
- Selectively delete values from the suspect area until the problem is
fixed.
- Import the exported key.
- Delete just the corrupted value.

"Jim Wood" <JimWood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well, Pegasus, I went there and, sure enough, found an entry that
referenced
that old printer. So I simply deleted the entire folder and its
subfolders,
but the entry is still there in the Add or Remove Programs list, even
after
rebooting. Where else might this entry be located? By the way, I also
have
the situation with this list where there is a really long blank white
space
(and some strange black bars) in the middle of the list. I have tried the
recommended fixes to get rid of this (somethig about negative values in
the
DisplayIcon line) to no avail. At least everything runs okay.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Jim Wood" <JimWood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I changed printers (HP 950 all-in-one to HP 6310 all-in-one), first
attempting to uninstall all the software for the old (950) printer.
HP's
uninstall utility didn't work, and the Control Panel / Add or Remove
Programs
listing did not have a Remove button. I tried to reinstall the old
software
to restore the uninstall functionality, but both the CD and a
downloaded
newer version would not install because they 'found' a current version
already installed.

So I IM'd with an HP guy who told me how to manually remove the
software,
including changes to the Registry. All this seems to have gotten rid
of
the
software, but the listing under Add or Remove Programs is still there,
showing 153MB of software that was removed manually with success. Is
there a
way to get that entry off the list?

HP appear to have a little problem when it comes to removing
their all-in-one software . . . You can remove this entry from
here: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall





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