Uninstall and remove any software program forcefully from XP and Vista with tricks
If you are unable to uninstall any softawre, you can remove it with this tricks. In your PC, there should be an msi file that you can use to uninstall the program properly if you are not able to delete it from control panel.
It’s a bit tricky to find exactly which msi it is though so be VERY CAREFUL when doing it cause if you delete something by accident, you could cause yourself SERIOUS problems.
So as I said, please follow this CAREFULLY.
Go to C:\Windows\Installer ( or D:\Windows\Installer ) (type in RUN or address bar of windows )
If you can’t see the ‘Installer’ folder, go to the ‘Tools’ menu and choose ‘Folder Options’, click on the View tab and choose to ‘Show hidden files and folders’ and remove the ticks (if present) from ‘Hide protected operating system files’ and ‘Hide extensions for known file types’. Click on ‘Apply’ and then ‘OK’.
Go to the ‘View’ menu and choose ‘Details’
Above the list of files and folders is a heading called ‘Name’, right click on this and choose to also show the ‘Author’ field. Right click on ‘Name’ again and choose to show the ‘Subject’ field if it’s not already visible (You may have to select ‘more’ if it’s not already in the list).
The column headings (e.g. Name, Size etc) can be moved by left clicking and dragging the heading. Arrange these headings so that you have, from left to right ‘Name’ then ‘Subject’ then ‘Author’, this will make life a little easier.
Left click on the ‘Author’ heading to sort them alphabetically by author.
Locate the files where the author is ‘Your Program’. To the left in the Subject heading will be a description of this file and to the left again is the file name. Any files where the name is xxxxxxx.msi and the author is Your Program, right click on it/them in turn and choose UNINSTALL (DO NOT DELETE ANYTHING FROM THIS FOLDER).
Once that’s been done, go to the ‘Tools’ menu again and choose ‘Folder Options’, click on the View tab and choose NOT TO ‘Show hidden files and folders’ and REPLACE the ticks in ‘Hide protected operating system files’ and ‘Hide extensions for known file types’. Click on ‘Apply’ and then ‘OK’.
Once you’ve done that, restart your machine.Your unwanted program have gone!
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Hello,
I learned this trick but does not work in my PC
I want to remove “Blue Coat K9 web protector” from my PC & I also have not password so that I am unable to uninstall it from control panel & your trick also does not work when I cannot see any supportping msi file for Blue Coat K9 in Installer folder.
How can I uninstall it frm my laptop when I have not Administator Password for K9?
I learned this trick but does not work in my PC
I want to remove “Blue Coat K9 web protector” from my PC & I also have not password so that I am unable to uninstall it from control panel & your trick also does not work when I cannot see any supportping msi file for Blue Coat K9 in Installer folder.
How can I uninstall it frm my laptop when I have not Administator Password for K9?