How to permanently remove a program. If the program is not uninstalled

Remove a program from your computer- it would seem, what could be simpler? By standard means In Windows, this is done through a special item in the Control Panel.

For Windows 7 And Windows 8 let's go:

Start - Control Panel - Programs and Features (when viewing Large/Small Icons)

Start - Control Panel - Uninstall a program (when viewing "Category")

You can also remove the program using special file which is most often called Uninstall and is located in the program folder in Programm Files. But this method is for perverts, more inquisitive users, and also if on the list installed programs There is no name for this program in the Control Panel.

But this method has one drawback. The fact is that during installation, the program not only creates its own folders and files (which can be immediately seen in Programm Files, on the Desktop, in the Start menu, Panels quick launch etc. - depends on the program and as you want), but also writes its paths in, adds itself to startup, creates additional folders, adds an item to context menu, creates and much more. It depends on the program itself. All this together is often called “tails” or “garbage”.
And when you remove programs in a standard way, it is not always possible to clean these very tails, even if the uninstallation program asks you to reboot (and I strongly recommend agreeing with this point). But the program is still deleted, but the garbage remains. You don't notice him because he doesn't bother you. And over time, this trash becomes quite a lot (with frequent installation and uninstalling programs) and as a result the computer begins to “slow down”, conflicts, disk space decreases, etc.
For these purposes, special cleaning programs have been invented, but about them in another article. And now I will give you a couple of good free programs with a Russian interface that will help you fully delete the program along with its tails and remnants.

IObit Uninstaller- a wonderful program for removing programs that does not require installation.

to select Russian language, click on the link above More- Language - Russian

The solution to this problem seems quite simple to many - delete the application or game that has become unnecessary. Everything must be done thoughtfully, otherwise a whole mountain of pieces and remnants of deleted software will accumulate on the disk and in the registry. Gradually the pieces accumulate, and the user loses hundreds of megabytes usable memory. Therefore, read the instructions on how to remove programs correctly, cleanly and without consequences.

Before deleting a program, be sure to make sure it is no longer needed. If you are not sure about this, do not delete it. It is best to use for complete removal special programs. Then you will be confident that your disk is clean and tidy, and there will be no failures or slowdowns in the system. After removal large programs and games, you definitely need to clean the disk and registry. Do not clean frequently, once every one to two months is enough.

After uninstalling programs standard method, “tails” (traces from remote programs). For example, you deleted your browser Mozilla Firefox , and after it reinstallation, all bookmarks remained in place. This means that the browser was not completely removed, leaving a bunch of so-called “tails”.

Also, there are cases when the program is not uninstalled in the standard way, producing all kinds of errors. The reasons may be different, failures in the uninstaller of this program, features of your computer or operating system.

A wonderful program will help us solve these and other problems related to removing programs from a computer. Revo Uninstaller Pro . This program is designed to replace the standard "Add or Remove Programs" applet in the Windows operating system.

WITH using Revo Uninstaller Pro, you can remove any program without leaving absolutely any traces. Thus, you will secure your system by saving it from excess garbage. I've been using Revo Uninstaller Pro for a long time, so I can confidently recommend it this software to you! Learn more about Revo program Uninstaller Pro, you can visit the Wikipedia page by following this link.

Download Revo Uninstaller Pro

You can download the Revo Uninstaller Pro program on the developer’s website The program is paid, but it works test period, 30 days free use. During this time you will have time to evaluate her work.

How to use Revo Uninstaller Pro

After you have downloaded and installed the programRevo Uninstaller Pro, you need to learn how to use it, for this I will show you how to completely remove the program from your computer using Revo Uninstaller Pro.

And for example, I will remove the Google Chrome browser; similarly, any other programs installed on the computer will be removed. So let's get started.

1. First of all, you need to open the Revo Uninstaller Pro program, in the window that opens, find the program that you want to remove and select it by clicking on the icon of the program to be deleted with the left mouse button. Then click on the “Delete” button located at the top of the window.

2. After you click the "Delete" button, the program begins to perform the initial analysis.

3. After completing the initial analysis, a program removal window will open on top of the Revo Uninstaller Pro program window, where you need to click the “Delete” button. After which the program will be removed.

4. After uninstalling the program, in the “Perform initial analysis and removal” window, select “Advanced”, then click the “Scan” button.

5. Upon completion of the scan, we see that the program has found 11 keys and six values, these are the “tails” remote program, remaining in the system. Select them with a checkmark and press the “Delete” button.

6. In the “Are you sure you want to delete the selected items?” window that opens, click the “Yes” button.

After this, the program you selected will be completely removed from the computer, leaving absolutely no traces.

How to remove a program that won't uninstall

If you want to remove a program, but it is not removed, most likely you have a process running on your computer for that program. The solution is quite simple, you need to stop the running program process and then delete it.

I will show you with the example of the Zona program, the program is closed but the process still works. So what needs to be done to stop the process.

Press Ctr+Alt+Delete on your keyboard, In the menu that opens, select "Launch task manager".

In the Manager window Windows tasks", select processes, among running processes, find the necessary program, select it, then click on the “End process” button.

In the warning window, also click on the button"End the process."

How to remove a program that is not on the removal list

If the program you want to remove is not in the removal list, you can use the hunter mode provided in Revo Uninstaller Pro.

1. Open the Revo Uninstaller Pro program, click the “View” button in the program menu, and select “Hunter Mode” from the drop-down list.

2. On the right top corner desktop, a sight like this should appear.

3. Drag this sight by clicking the left mouse button onto the shortcut of the program you are going to remove, and select “Uninstall” from the drop-down list. (This sight can be aimed not only at the shortcut, but also at the window of any open program).

4. In the window that opens, check the exact name of the program to be removed, select the “Advanced” removal mode, and then click the “Next” button.

5. After this, perform the standard removal described above in the section " How to use Revo Uninstaller Pro."

6. To close the hunter mode, click on the crosshair right click mouse, select "Exit" from the drop-down list.

In today's article we looked at only one of the ten points of the Revo Uninstaller Pro program, which is called “Uninstaller”. I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the other nine points, I’m sure they will help you in working with your computer.

That's all for me, good luck!

The program cannot be removed from the computer through the Add/Remove Programs menu and by no means at all, deleted all folders related to the program, used all kinds of utilities that clean the registry of unnecessary keys, to no avail. The fact is that I want to install it again, it is licensed and purchased for money, but in lately worked with errors. The installation program says: the application is already installed and that’s where it ends. The forum suggested that you need to look in the bushes (in the registry), is this a joke? Help.
Edward.
The game is not removed from the computer Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, I want to reinstall it, but I always get an error, I just deleted the folder with the game, but I couldn’t delete it from the Add or Remove Programs menu, maybe you know how to delete and reinstall, please tell me.

The program cannot be removed from the computer

And of course it cannot be installed again, utilities: Unlocker, Ccleaner, Revo Uninstaller and the like may turn out to be useless, on one site I read how you can remove it using one of these programs antivirus program, I laughed for a long time, in reality, of course, everything will not be so, sometimes the operating principles of these programs turn out to be ineffective. Let's think about what we will do if all the above-mentioned programs did not help us.

The information in our article applies to Windows 7 and Windows 8. 1.

• Note: Friends, if this article does not help you, then try

Many in case of failure with removing a program from your computer they even reinstall operating system, when it comes to their favorite game. Believe me, in most cases this is not necessary. By the way, it’s also about the accumulation of garbage in Windows, because the remains of the program are somewhere and of course take up space on the hard drive, all this is quite unpleasant and of course I want to know where exactly the remaining program files are located.
This kind of trouble occurs because, for some reason, the connection between the program and its keys in the registry is broken. There are many reasons for these, ranging from wrong actions user and errors of the program itself, we will not dwell on this. To solve similar problems, we will need to manually make changes to the registry and our program will be completely removed. How to do this?

Is the program you want to remove no longer in use? If you know the process related to it, you also need to end it in the device manager.

The best thing to do is disable the program service in Computer Management.

Now delete all files related to the program from your computer, start with its personal folder located in Program Files, then reboot; if the program has not been deleted and cannot be installed again, you will have to delete its entries in the registry.

It is advisable to view the entire registry or the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE branch (contains information about hardware and software) and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software, where all information about installed applications is located.

What else can you do if you have problems uninstalling programs?

• Try to visit the website of the program manufacturer, there is a high probability that an uninstaller is available for download there, for example on the website Nero programs, which is not so easy to remove, there is such a utility.
• If you uninstall a game or program without success, the uninstaller may be located on the installation disk, you should run it and you will see the Delete option, if you do not have the disk, read on.
• In particularly difficult cases, you will have to log into your operating system in Safe Mode, only it will be possible to disable the service and delete all remaining files and registry keys.
• Sometimes you will not be able to delete program files even in Safe Mode, but you will be able to rename them and delete them after a reboot.
• It is worth trying to reinstall the program, and then it will be successfully removed.

For clarity, let's try to reinstall the game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which my son’s comrade in arms cannot reinstall for several days in a row.

Of course, everyone Windows user knows about standard procedure uninstalling programs. But how can you completely remove a program from your computer if you complete the uninstallation? in the usual way fails? In this case, you cannot do without specialized software, and the Revo Uninstaller program is perfect for this.

Revo Uninstaller is free program, which allows you to forcefully remove any programs installed on your computer. In addition, Revo Uninstaller allows you to delete all temporary files and registry keys created by the program, which allows you to free up unnecessary space on your computer and increase system performance.

How to remove a program that won't uninstall?

1. Download Revo Uninstaller and install it on your computer.

2. After launching the utility, a window with an expanded list of installed programs will appear on the screen. Find the problematic program in the list, right-click on it and select "Delete" .

3. Next, the program will ask you to select one of four uninstallation modes. The most optimal - "Moderate" , it won't take much of your time, but Revo Uninstaller will find and remove most of the files associated with the program. This is the default mode you will be asked to use.

Of course for best result worth choosing an item "Advanced" , but you should understand that the highest quality check will take longer. And after you stop at desired mode, press the button "Next" .

4. Next, the program will proceed directly to the removal process itself. First, a search will be made for the uninstaller built into the program. If it is detected, it will be used to initially remove it. If the uninstaller is not found, Revo Uninstaller will immediately proceed to clean files and keys on its own.

5. Once the removal using the uninstaller is completed, Revo Uninstaller will begin its own search for the remaining files on the system. The duration of the scan will depend on the selected mode.

6. In the next window the system will display Windows registry with highlighted items that may relate to the program name. Carefully review the list and check only the bolded items if you think they relate to the program you want to remove, and then click the button "Delete" .

7. At the end, the program will notify you of the success of the operation. Click the button "Ready" to close the window.

What should I do if the program does not appear in the Revo Uninstaller window?

In some cases the application may be missing as in standard menu“Remove programs” and in the Revo Uninstaller program itself, although it is installed on the computer. In this case, the hunter mode will help us get out of the situation.

To do this in upper area programs click on the button "Hunter Mode" .

A crosshair will appear on the screen, which you must use your mouse to point at the shortcut or folder of the program that you want to delete.

As soon as you point the sight at the selected object, a context menu will appear on the screen in which you need to select "Uninstall" .

The already familiar Revo Uninstaller window will appear on the screen, the actions in which will be the same as described above.

Revo Uninstaller is a tool that you don’t need to use regularly, but it can help out when you need it most. The program successfully removes even the most persistent programs, which allows you to free your system from unnecessary software...