How can I remove orphan programs?

[mrboogers]

I have a number of "orphan" programs listed on my add-remove program list. These are references to programs that are no longer on my computer, and when I try to remove them in the add-remove programs listing, I just get a message telling me the system cannot find them (Duh!).

How can I get rid of the notations to these items?

Vaya con Dios,

Tony in Idaho

 

[Geffy]

get X-Setup from http://www.xteq.com
or just dig about in the registry

 

[Tabula Rasa]

About the "digging in the registry" advice... backup everything first , or just know what your doing...

 

[yoyo]

If you decide to dig in the registry, look at subkeys of

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

 

[Geffy]

heh, I knew someone would know the reg key to go digging under

 

[mrboogers]

Way cool, folks! That works fine. Thanks for the help.

Vaya con Dios,

Tony in Idaho