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deleting program from add/remove

I accidentally deleted a folder from my puter and deleted program with it. now when i go to control panel, add/remove programs, it says program is still there. When i actually try to delete the program, it says unable to open install.log. i reloaded program and tried to remove it, that worked, but program is still in add/remove directory. how do i get rid of program reference? I am using Windows 98. My email address is glooyenga@hotmail.com

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dovedove

bester if you do not want to manually change your registry settings then use a program named Tweak UI-98. I use a version for W95 and it does what you want to do and many other things. It is available form Nonags Freeware at http://www.datascribe.com.au/mirrors/nonags/index.html
Go to Freeware Power Tool
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dovedove

bester

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Thanks jepe's
that was great how you answered the ? Step by step and easy to follow. Yours is the best answer if received about any question. Thanks.

jepe

With pleasure.
Jepe

harrismarkc

I have this situation as well. In addition, I cannot reinstall the inadvertently deleted application (AceBit Wise FTP 3). When I try to remove the program in the Add or Remove Programs control panel I get an error message, "Component Transfer Error. Component: Main Program. ... Error: Catastrophic failure."

Following advice in another solution, I deleted the application from the registry. The application no longer appears under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE path. It still appears in the Add or Remove Programs control panel in XP Pro SP2.

I also tried the version of Tweak UI for XP (Power Tools), but could not find a tool in it for addressing this problem.

Mark