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Hi guys

i want to uninstal a app on my pc but want to remove all the regisrty entries out of my pc as well how can i do that?? any help??
 
well if you know the program name and all its thinga majiggers,go to run,type "regedit" and find it,usually under hkey local machine\software
 
A reg cleaner or searching for it won't get you anywhere, cleaners look for keys with broken links and they're not going to be stupid enough to put it under the key named something like AppName Trial Expired = 0 or 1. They'll hide it away with a completely ambiguous name. Like X843y8y3=845yuH (get the picture, you're not going to find it)

But you could use a registry monitor and watch what keys it accesses during startup, something like RegMon can do that http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896652.aspx, watch all the keys it checks (there will be a ****load) then you could look through them and delete ones you know you can. If you're not sure about it all make a backup of your registry in regedit.

Or you could use something to make a comparison of your registry before and after installing the app then you'll be able to track down the keys more easily, but since you've already installed it (and it's expired) that's not going to work anymore.

But there's a much easier way lol. Like a patch.
 
Browser said:
A reg cleaner or searching for it won't get you anywhere, cleaners look for keys with broken links
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You don't know how RegCleaner works, then. You can use RegCleaner to delete all of the keys associated with a certain program, just like the OP wanted :)

But it won't help to edit "TrialExpired=1", no :D
 
Regmon has been replaced by Process Monitor (Not to be confused with Process Explorer, also by sysinternals).

Process Monitor must be one of the coolest tools ever. (Combines Regmon, Filemon and ProcMon):cool:
 
WKJ?:beanie said:
You don't know how RegCleaner works, then. You can use RegCleaner to delete all of the keys associated with a certain program, just like the OP wanted :)

But it won't help to edit "TrialExpired=1", no :D
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(I put a word from the quote in bold.)

Well if you want to be like that,,,

Then you don't know how the registry works :) (hey I'm just adopting your demeanour for the moment).

The Registry cleaner would have no way of knowing which keys are associated with a specific application unless the keys are in the sub directory (which doesn't guarantee them being relevant) or that application's known (obvious) registry keys, such as those used to generate the uninstall list for example, or the key has a reference to the application, or the registry cleaner monitored the installation of the application and "watched" it create said registry entry.

So now, since they're not going to want you to find this entry, and thus have an everlasting trial by modifying/deleting it, they're not going to put it in such an obvious place (like I said) and definitely not with an obvious name or give it any association with the application (which is what I was basically said), unless they're stupid which I doubt since they're obviously making software that somebody wants. Also since the Registry Cleaner wasn't already installed and monitoring (presuming it even has this feature) the installation of this application it wont know where the key is.

So the only way a Registry Cleaner would work for this is if they're stupid enough to associate this entry with their application (which by the nature of it they would want to avoid for obvious reasons) in some way that the cleaner can pick up on, which would be (I can't stress this enough) very very stupid of them, or a mistake.

Then again I remember a Norton's Suite trial ages ago that could be fooled by playing with the system date so people do make mistakes sometimes.
 
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Browser said:
(I put a word from the quote in bold.)

Well if you want to be like that,,,

Then you don't know how the registry works :) (hey I'm just adopting your demeanour for the moment).

The Registry cleaner would have no way of knowing which keys are associated with a specific application unless the keys are in the sub directory (which doesn't guarantee them being relevant) or that application's known (obvious) registry keys, such as those used to generate the uninstall list for example, or the key has a reference to the application, or the registry cleaner monitored the installation of the application and "watched" it create said registry entry.

So now, since they're not going to want you to find this entry, and thus have an everlasting trial by modifying/deleting it, they're not going to put it in such an obvious place (like I said) and definitely not with an obvious name or give it any association with the application (which is what I was basically said), unless they're stupid which I doubt since they're obviously making software that somebody wants. Also since the Registry Cleaner wasn't already installed and monitoring (presuming it even has this feature) the installation of this application it wont know where the key is.

So the only way a Registry Cleaner would work for this is if they're stupid enough to associate this entry with their application (which by the nature of it they would want to avoid for obvious reasons) in some way that the cleaner can pick up on, which would be (I can't stress this enough) very very stupid of them, or a mistake.

Then again I remember a Norton's Suite trial ages ago that could be fooled by playing with the system date so people do make mistakes sometimes.
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I wasn't arguing about the fact that some keys might not be relevant, I said that RegCleaner doesn't only delete broken links but all registry entries associated with a program. You made a valid statement about the "hidden" entries, which I never challenged ;) I just corrected your statement about the registry cleaner :)
 
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