Uninstall leaves hundreds of Registy entries

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Uninstall leaves hundreds of Registy entries

Post by VelcroFace »

After uninstalling PDF-XChange Viewer, I found more than 1,600 entries related to it remaining in the Registry. Is a forced uninstaller available that will remove every trace of this product? If not, are there instructions on how to remove it manually?

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Re: Uninstall leaves hundreds of Registy entries

Post by Ivan - Tracker Software »

Please let us know which installer did you use? EXE or MSI ?

P.S. If you want to remove viewer's registry entries, it is enough to remove "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Tracker Software\PDFViewer" and "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Tracker Software\PDFViewer".
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Re: Uninstall leaves hundreds of Registy entries

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The installer I used was the EXE. Why does uninstalling the program leave so many Registry entries? Shouldn't it clean up after itself instead of leaving a mess behind? Deleting those two keys still leaves hundreds of Registry entries!

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Re: Uninstall leaves hundreds of Registy entries

Post by Ivan - Tracker Software »

Can you say me which entries are left ?
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