i have deleted freshdownload ages ago but it shows up in the cleaner section under applications in internet. how do i fully delete it?
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i have uninstalled freshdownload but it is still there?
Started by short_steve277, Jul 27 2006 06:01 AM
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Posted 27 July 2006 - 06:06 AM
please see here,
http://forum.ccleaner.com/index.php?s=&...ost&p=43787
and substitute in the folder called freshdownload.
http://forum.ccleaner.com/index.php?s=&...ost&p=43787
and substitute in the folder called freshdownload.
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Posted 28 July 2006 - 06:51 PM
Go to Start > Run > Regedit
Drill down to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\FreshDevices subkey ('folder')
RIGHTclick the FreshDevices subkey, and choose 'delete' from the context menu.
That will stop CCLeaner from 'detecting' the application.
Drill down to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\FreshDevices subkey ('folder')
RIGHTclick the FreshDevices subkey, and choose 'delete' from the context menu.
That will stop CCLeaner from 'detecting' the application.
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Posted 30 July 2006 - 09:59 AM
why doesn't ccleaner delete programs in the registry that i have uninstalled. i have found alot of unused programs in the registry. i don't want to delete anything from it because i don't trust myself knowing me.
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Posted 30 July 2006 - 10:11 AM
short_steve277, on Jul 30 2006, 11:59 AM, said:
why doesn't ccleaner delete programs in the registry that i have uninstalled. i have found alot of unused programs in the registry. i don't want to delete anything from it because i don't trust myself knowing me.
No application is able to detect and remove all registry keys pertaining to software you no longer have installed.
This is simply because it wasn't THERE when the application was installed in the first place, and hence it is unable to determine without a doubt what registry keys and values belong to the application in question.
Such is life...
In my experience MOST uninstallers leave an enormous amount of junk behind.
The only way around this is using an install monitor like TotalUninstall, Ashampoo Uninstaller and so on.
Such software take snapshots of the Registry before and after, so that you know exactly what files and reg keys and values have been added, removed, or altered.
It really isn't fair to 'blame' CCLeaner for not being clairvoyant...
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Posted 30 July 2006 - 05:46 PM
TonyKlein, on Jul 30 2006, 11:11 AM, said:
It really isn't fair to 'blame' CCLeaner for not being clairvoyant...
