Removing Add/Remove program list items

[qvtqt]

Hello. I've been having a problem of removing application listing under ControlPanel->Add/Remove_Programs. I made a mistake of removing the program directory without uninstall using Windows' Add/Remove_Program method. Now when I try to uninstall those programs, it prompted "no program to uninstall". But the program listing still remain in the Add/Remove_Program list.
Please help !
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[rinnis]

Reinstall the programs and uninstall under Add/Remove programs...or if your are really brave use regedit to remove references to the programs. USE EXTREME CARE HERE!!!! [sig][/sig]

 

[qvtqt]

Some of these programs are so old that I couldn't find it anywhere else. I also removed all reference to these applications in the registry, but that didn't help either. Is there any other way? [sig][/sig]

 

[eGGz]

You can use TweakUI to remove abandoned add/remove entries.
TweakUI can be found on your win98 cd. Look in tools/reskit/powertoy (if memory serves me correctly)It can also be downloaded from microsoft's web-site.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q190/6/43.ASP

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[qvtqt]

Thanks rinnis and RaTTuS. I found that there are many entries refering the the application I mentioned in the registry. The one that mattered the most in my case is located in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Uninstall->ApplName

Removing that solved my problem.
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