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Faster than Windows' Add/Remove Validate and Cleanup Available as /addremove command line option. This is much faster than the usual Windows Add/Remove Program found in the Control Panel in Windows.
Ways to remove desktop programs and modern apps in Windows. From time to time, I stumble upon applications that are hard to remove. Sometimes their Add/Remove Programs entry disappears for whatever reason or they don’t have a handy Uninstall shortcut available, and so on.
The problems vary from case to case. That’s why I decided to make a roundup of all the methods that can be used to remove both desktop programs and modern apps, in Windows. NOTE: This guide applies to Windows 7, Windows 8. Windows 1. 0. 1. Uninstall desktop applications from the Control Panel. This is the method most people know about. It works great for all desktop applications but it cannot be used for modern apps that are distributed through the Windows Store in Windows 8. Windows 1. 0. First open the Control Panel.
I am cleaning up a Windows 8 computer and have a program which cannot be uninstalled from the control panel Add/Remove programs section. Is there a way to easily find the locations of the programs listed in the Add/Remove. Accessing the Control Panel via. Panel item from a command line is to use the Control Panel item's. Add/Remove Programs Control Panel. Control Panel Command Line Support. This component includes the Add Hardware Control Panel application in the hdwwiz.cpl file. Uninstaller Command Line Parameters. During the installation of the PDF Writer it prepares the information it needs in the event of an uninstall. Uninstall can be done from the Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. A complete list of Control Panel command line commands for each Control Panel applet available in Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP. HKLM,'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\app-name','UninstallString',,'command-line' Quiet Uninstall not shown on Add/Remove.
If you don’t know how, here are some guides to help you: Then go to “Programs - > Programs and Features”. Select the desktop application that you want to remove, click or tap Uninstall and follow the wizard. Please remember that the steps involved in removing a program are different from program to program. Uninstall desktop programs using their Uninstall shortcuts. Some desktop applications, when installed, create an Uninstall shortcut. This is generally found in the application’s folder in the Start Menu (in Windows 7 and Windows 1. Apps View (in Windows 8.
Below you can see the Uninstall shortcut for Dropbox, in Windows 8. Here is the Uninstall shortcut for Fitbit Connect, in Windows 1. Click the Uninstall shortcut to start the uninstallation wizard for the selected application. Please keep in mind that Uninstall shortcuts are sometimes also placed on the Desktop. Double- click on them to start the uninstall procedure. Uninstall desktop apps using their Uninstall.
Many desktop apps (especially those which create Uninstall shortcuts) have an executable file named uninstall. This file is always found in the installation folder of that application. You can see below the uninstall. VLC Player. Run it and follow the steps required to uninstall the program. Uninstall desktop apps using their setup MSI file. Some programs (like the 6.
Zip) do not use a setup. Instead their setup file has the extension . This format is used by the Windows Installer, a special installation format created by Microsoft for its Windows operating systems. The desktop applications that use an . You right click or press and hold on their setup file and click or tap Uninstall.
The removal can also be triggered from the command line. Open the Command Prompt as administrator and type “msiexec /x ” followed by the name of the . For more information, check this article from Microsoft: Msiexec (command- line options). If you are interested in how to remove modern apps from Windows, which are distributed using the Windows Store, read the second page in this guide.