Sunday, July 26, 2009

How can I delete a program where the uninstall is on CD I don't have?

I've an old Borland C++ program using up nearly 400MB of my hard drive and I've never once used it, but when I try and uninstall it, it says it needs the CDROM to uninstall. Is there any way around this?





I'm having serious memory shortage issues ( I need to get myself sorted with a usb hard-drive, but can't afford one just yet..), any suggestions for a short-term solution?

How can I delete a program where the uninstall is on CD I don't have?
Click on Start- Control Panel- Add/Remove Programs- Find the program- Click on Remove/un-install button. If it doesn't allow to remove the program from Add/Remove programs try deleting it from Registry.





Please follow the steps below to delete the program from Registry.


These steps involve Windows Registry modifications and hence I suggest you take a backup of the registry before applying the solution.


Registry Backup:


1. Click Start, Run and type regedit.


2. Click File on Registry menu and select Export to File option.


3. Select the radio button beside “All” option.


4. Give a file name (say regbackup) and save it onto the desktop.





Please follow the steps below to delet the program from Registry


1. Click Start, Run and type regedit and hit enter to open Registry menu.


2. Click "+" beside HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.


3. Click "+" beside Software .


4. Click "+" beside Microsoft.


5. Click "+" beside Windows.


6. Click "+" beside CurrentVersion.


7. Click "+" beside Uninstall.





Try to find the program which you want to delete. After finding the program, Right-Click on the program and select Delete/Uninstall.





After deleting the program, close the Registry Menu and restart the system.
Reply:if you have windows, got to start and control pannel, and there i an option that says change/remove programs. you click on that and it creates a list and you just find it on the list and remove it!!
Reply:hello!


i suggest that delete it in add/remove or remove programs in control panel.... it is start menu then control panel and click the add/remove programs... from there just click the program you want to delete whether its on cd or not... Godbless! =)

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