Comments on: The Reasons Why Some Programs Won’t Uninstall http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charlottehttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/comment-page-1/#comment-65726 Charlotte Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:04:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/#comment-65726 MisleadingPriceGong is my problem right now - I think I have disabled it in the browser. My computer says its a threat. I would rather it be gone not just disabled. I can't find anything in add/remove to resemble it - it was however in a file and I deleted that. I hate something that takes over my computer or threatens it. What is the next step to get rid of it and why is a threat allowed to attach itself to the computer? MisleadingPriceGong is my problem right now – I think I have disabled it in the browser. My computer says its a threat. I would rather it be gone not just disabled. I can’t find anything in add/remove to resemble it – it was however in a file and I deleted that. I hate something that takes over my computer or threatens it. What is the next step to get rid of it and why is a threat allowed to attach itself to the computer?

]]> By: OnePeacemaker2000http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/comment-page-1/#comment-45858 OnePeacemaker2000 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:01:41 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/#comment-45858 Yahoo Browser Plus added the Yahoo tool bar to my recently upgraded FireFox. I unclicked the box and said no to the Yahoo tool bar plug in but it did it anyway. Now, the control panel bpuninstll file will not loadm (error msg) and the tool bar is taking up real estate on my small monitor. I consider this tool bar and Yahoo Browser Plus to be MALWARE. Danger! Will Robinson, Danger! Yahoo Browser Plus added the Yahoo tool bar to my recently upgraded FireFox. I unclicked the box and said no to the Yahoo tool bar plug in but it did it anyway. Now, the control panel bpuninstll file will not loadm (error msg) and the tool bar is taking up real estate on my small monitor. I consider this tool bar and Yahoo Browser Plus to be MALWARE. Danger! Will Robinson, Danger!

]]> By: dirkhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/comment-page-1/#comment-38022 dirk Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:15:26 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/#comment-38022 windows 7 keeps saying adobe bridge is open when i try to uninstall programs. it's not! i even restarted the computer... no idea how to circumvent this. windows 7 keeps saying adobe bridge is open when i try to uninstall programs. it’s not! i even restarted the computer… no idea how to circumvent this.

]]> By: Juliehttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/comment-page-1/#comment-30862 Julie Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:05:56 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/#comment-30862 My web search tatto is the one that is giving me a hard time. I cannot get rid of it. OIf anyone know how to please help. Thanks Julie My web search tatto is the one that is giving me a hard time. I cannot get rid of it. OIf anyone know how to please help.
Thanks
Julie

]]> By: Lukehttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/comment-page-1/#comment-30492 Luke Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:30:17 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/#comment-30492 Orange Business Everywhere - software for wireless internet, THE WORST software I have used in my life. Don't touch it as you will probably not be able to remove it Orange Business Everywhere – software for wireless internet, THE WORST software I have used in my life. Don’t touch it as you will probably not be able to remove it

]]> By: Andrew Sheppardhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/comment-page-1/#comment-29625 Andrew Sheppard Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:15:03 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/#comment-29625 ZoneAlarm Free wouldn't uninstall, even with Revo Uninstaller plus manual deletions. But Revo Support then kindly sent an e-mail with very effective instructions on how to unininstall ZoneAlarm in safe mode. I love Revo - but almsot always do a manual search and find entries even Revo has missed. Whenver a program issues a new version, I delete it first. OTHERWISE, THE NEW VERSION WILL CONTAIN ALL SORTS OF NEEDLESS DETAILS OF PREVIOUS VERSIONS MY PC RAN. It all wasdtes space. The only exceptions: programmes I yhave tweaked a lot - such as browser add-ons - as it's too much work to remember and download them all. ZoneAlarm Free wouldn’t uninstall, even with Revo Uninstaller plus manual deletions. But Revo Support then kindly sent an e-mail with very effective instructions on how to unininstall ZoneAlarm in safe mode.
I love Revo – but almsot always do a manual search and find entries even Revo has missed.
Whenver a program issues a new version, I delete it first. OTHERWISE, THE NEW VERSION WILL CONTAIN ALL SORTS OF NEEDLESS DETAILS OF PREVIOUS VERSIONS MY PC RAN. It all wasdtes space.
The only exceptions: programmes I yhave tweaked a lot – such as browser add-ons – as it’s too much work to remember and download them all.

]]> By: Jameshttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/comment-page-1/#comment-29260 James Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:15:14 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/#comment-29260 Agree with Bill 100%. Norton/Symantec AV is absolutely the most difficult to uninstall. It's ironic their AV programs are has hard to remove as well written root kit malware, which they can't uninstall either! Agree with Bill 100%.
Norton/Symantec AV is absolutely the most difficult to uninstall. It’s ironic their AV programs are has hard to remove as well written root kit malware, which they can’t uninstall either!

]]> By: Billhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/comment-page-1/#comment-29226 Bill Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:29:53 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/#comment-29226 Norton was by far the worst for me its was everywhere just when I thought its was gone? It was back trying to update itself. I found out that Norton had a uninstaller, which they don't want just anybody knowing about! So I used the uninstaller and it worked. And UNINSTALLER found a 32 different place that Norton was installed.. Needles to say I DON"T USE NORTON Norton was by far the worst for me its was everywhere just when I thought its was gone? It was back trying to update itself.
I found out that Norton had a uninstaller, which they don’t want just anybody knowing about! So I used the uninstaller and it worked. And UNINSTALLER found a 32 different place that Norton was installed.. Needles to say I DON”T USE NORTON

]]> By: Floyd Bufkinhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/comment-page-1/#comment-29222 Floyd Bufkin Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:03:11 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/#comment-29222 Uninstall works better in safe mode.Hardest programs to completely uninstall, Norton and AOL. Uninstall works better in safe mode.

Hardest programs to completely uninstall, Norton and AOL.

]]> By: Codyhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/comment-page-1/#comment-29217 Cody Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:09:56 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-reasons-why-some-programs-wont-uninstall/#comment-29217 For me it was Visual Studio 10. I don't know what the problem was but when I ran the uninstaller it crashed my whole computer. So I could not uninstall it so I did it manually. It was a pain and a good reason why not to use Beta's. For me it was Visual Studio 10. I don’t know what the problem was but when I ran the uninstaller it crashed my whole computer. So I could not uninstall it so I did it manually. It was a pain and a good reason why not to use Beta’s.

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