How to delete software registration entries from registry and system files?
September 22nd, 2009 | by admin |After installing some software I uninstalled them through control panel–> Add Remove –> programs
and even deleted that software entry from registry by —>Run–>Regedit—>Current User—>Software, deleted that software entry by right clicking on it and delete
and even searched for that by find option in registry and it is deleted from registry
but still when I reinstall that software it is saying that you used that software
So from where that software knows that I used it
What is the solution
I hope you aren’t doing this to get out of paying for something you should be paying for.
Assuming you are not, Try a program called ccleaner, but be careful. ’cause you can royally mess up your system fishing for the file….
That program could have placed a file anywhere on your hard drive the first time you installed it. Have you looked in program files? If you find a folder there named after the offending program, look for the date the folder was created and search for files created on that date. I wouldn’t delete them, rather I would carefully and strategically rename them, then try to install again.
2 Responses to “How to delete software registration entries from registry and system files?”
By deb H on Nov 18, 2009 | Reply
Did you try booting up in the safe mode to delete everything? That’s the easiest, cleanest way. Click on the start button, click on run, then type "msconfig." When the menu comes up, click on boot.ini and click on safeboot. Restart the computer and delete the leftover files that show up. I always get rid of programs I no longer want this way to begin with. It’s quicker, easier, and deletes all program files when you delete the program. You can go into the control panel in the safe mode and just remove programs there, and that way there are no pesky leftover files to bog things down. Hope this helps.
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By Ron E on Nov 18, 2009 | Reply
I hope you aren’t doing this to get out of paying for something you should be paying for.
Assuming you are not, Try a program called ccleaner, but be careful. ’cause you can royally mess up your system fishing for the file….
That program could have placed a file anywhere on your hard drive the first time you installed it. Have you looked in program files? If you find a folder there named after the offending program, look for the date the folder was created and search for files created on that date. I wouldn’t delete them, rather I would carefully and strategically rename them, then try to install again.
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