Removing partially uninstalled programs from add/remove programs

Question

Does anyone out there know of another way to remove program entries from add/remove programs in the control panel besides going into regedit and removing it from windows/current version/uninstall? I am trying to remove Canon's Zoombrowser Camera Window application which became corrupted. I attempted to uninstall it through add and remove but it only did a partial uninstall. Now there are traces left that inform the installation CD that its already installed so it wont reinstall. Now I cant uninstall or reinstall. I have manually removed all Canon program folders then tried Regsupreme registry cleaner but it wouldn't remove the add/remove entry either. Any ideas out there????   Dimension 4500 Windows XP SP2

chuket · Answer

Probably your best bet is to contact them and explain your problem: http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/controller?act=OSCompatibilityAct&fcategoryid=111&keycode=windr

go2doug · Answer

There are many tweaking utility apps that allow you to easily remove programs from the Add/Remove programs list in the Control Panel.   One such app is X-Setup.   http://www.x-setup.net/downloads/home.asp?lang=EN   Another one is jv16 Powertools:   http://www.macecraft.com/downloads/   There are many others but I can't think of any right now.

DMKiefer · Answer

I have tried several of these utilities per your suggestion to remove the already removed programs from the Add/Remove Programs List but they dont work for my problem. JV16 actually added a duplicate listing of Canon Camera Window that I wanted to remove from the list. Theres got to be a way to manually hide or delete these entries.   Anyone else have a solution????

RichardLusignan · Answer

Hi,

I have had success with these two methods, check and see if it can help you.

http://www.tweakxp.com/article139799.aspx this one will tell you how to hide/unhide the entries that are related to built-in Windows components.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q141/6/97.asp&NoWebContent=1 this link from Microsoft recommend that you use TweakUI XP to remove the entries. I have been using TweakUI for years and can't recommend it enough. Read on it, and you'll see the wonders that little program can do.

Regards,

Rick

Message Edited by RichardLusignan on 03-10-2005 03:00 PM

Message Edited by RichardLusignan on 03-10-2005 03:03 PM

JRosenfeld · Answer

Except that the current version 2.10.0.0 of TweakUIXP does not seem to have that option anymore?

RichardLusignan · Answer

Hey, didn't notice that.... but yeah, they seem to have removed that option from TweakUI....Thanks for bringing that to my attention.

So I guess my previous post isn't that useful now... remains the manual registry editing technique:

Delete the appropriate key under the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Regards,

Rick

DMKiefer · Answer

The Uninstall folder in the Reg Editor doesnt contain the listings I want to remove so that wont work. None of the registry utility programs find them either but they still remain in the Add/Remove List.

Anyone else got an idea.

JRosenfeld · Answer

If the program has been uninstalled, try highlighting the entry in add/remove, click remove. You should get an error message including the option to remove the item from add/remove list. (not sure if this always occurs, but it has done for me on occasion).

DMKiefer · Answer

Nope, I dont get that option either but I have seen it before. Anyone else???

chuket · Answer

Try this program (CCleaner):

http://www.ccleaner.com/

The tools button at the top brings up a list off all your programs. There is an 'uninstall' button to run the uninstaller and a 'delete entry' button to remove it from the list if uninstall didn't work. This might be what you want.

DMKiefer · Answer

Just tried your suggested CCleaner but it didnt show the entrys I want to remove either. Any other ideas?

RichardLusignan · Answer

Hmm... a resilient one that Canon Zoom browser....

Maybe try a search through the registry for "canon" and see if you can find any relevant registry keys that might be responsible and delete them... (might want to backup the registry first) ?

Or maybe try uninstalling the drivers for your Canon camera/scanner first (if possible?)...

Rick

Message Edited by RichardLusignan on 03-12-2005 03:37 PM

DMKiefer · Answer

Resilient...YES! Thats a nice way of putting it.

I just tried your recommendation of searching the registry for Canon stuff. There are hundreds. Too much to remove one by one manually. Instead I decided to try uninstalling all "Installed" Canon software through add/remove programs, then run a registry cleaner(I know, not recommended) to scan for all the Canon debris left behind. Did that, there was a lot. Then I manually looked through the software entries for both user and local machine and deleted all Canon entries there. Even after all that, the invalid entries remained in add/remove list.

Im just about to give up and live with it since everything is working just fine. Its just annoying to see all those invalid entries.

BTW, I reinstalled all the Canon software back on my computer plus updated it to version 5.0 hoping it would overwrite or contain its own uninstaller to remove the older version but that didnt work either. I DO like the newest version of Canon's Zoombrowser so not all was lost in the process.

Still looking for an answer.....

mudora · Answer

I've had the same problem with another program (firefox 1.01 when I upgraded to 1.02) and succeeded in removing it with Customizer XP which is an older version of TweakNow:

http://www.tweaknow.com

Message Edited by mudora on 03-24-2005 07:27 AM

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